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EDITED BY 

JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH, LL.B. 

Author of "Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family 
of Honorable Levi P. Morton," " Memorials of tlie Reading, 
Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham and Elkins Families," 
"Genealogy of Harry Alden Richardson," " History of the 
Bringhurst Family, with Notes on the Clarkson, DePeyster, 
and Boude Families," " Chronicles of the Yerkes Family 
with Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families," " History of 
the Penrose Family of Philadelphia," " History of the 
Girard National Bank of Philadelphia," and Editor of" The 
Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant," and "Annals of the 
Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied 
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CONTENTS 



PAGE 

The Tree Family in England 3 

The Tree Family in America 37 

Appendix, List of Names of Members Belonging to the Society 
FOR the Relief of Poor and Distressed Masters of Ships, 
Their Widows and Children. From 1765 to 1812 91 

Index, The Tree Family in England 103 

The Tree Family in America 105 



-V 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAQB 

RuDGE Hall, Near Beckington, Co. Somerset, England, the 
Ancient Seat of the Tree Family Frontispiece • 

The Church op St. Gregory, at Beckington, Co. Somerset, 
England ^ 

Interior View of the Chxtrch of St. Gregory, at Beckington, 
Co. Somerset, England 12 

Simon Tree, 2nd, Born 1701 16 

Ann Tree, Wife of Simon Tree, 2nd 18 

Lambert Tree, Born 1734, Son of Simon Tree, 2nd 20 -^ 

William Tree, Born 1736, Second Son of Simon Tree, 2nd 22 / 

The Honorable Lambert Tree, of Chicago, Illinois 37 '^ 



NOTE 

This volume is chiefly composed of 
material furnished me by members 
of the Tree Family. 

J. G. L. 



THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 




THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 




HE surname, or, as frequently 
written sirename, began to be gen- 
erally adopted in England about 
the time of tlie Norman Conquest. 
But the origin of a particular 
addition to the christian name, 
though it immediately concerns 
every man who feels an honest 



pride in being recognized as of his father's race, is 
sometimes difficult to trace and is often indeterminate. 
Among the surnames that almost defy derivation, few 
are more perplexing to localize or classify than that 
of Tree. It may be simply a contribution from the 
face of nature, or, it may find a parent-stem in the 
Norman Treise, which had representatives of highly 
respectable station in Cornwall in the sixteenth cen- 
tury ; or, with the thirteenth century perfix atte, imply- 
ing residence, if not possession, as atte tree — which was 
at the river and not at the tree — it may find a survival 

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of the Anglo-Saxon, along with such names as Atte 
Bridge, Atte Stile, Atte Well, Atte Water. With the 
lapse of time atte, like the Norman de, was in many 
cases dropped, as the persons using it lost their estates, 
or changed their place of residence, but, removing into 
various parts of the country as fancy or necessity, 
pleasure or duty, might suggest, transmitted the dis- 
tmctive feature of the patronymic as an inheritance 
of a remote and otherwise unknown ancestry. 

Difficult as the Tree surname may be to classify, it 
can be localized practically to Somersetshire where the 
family enjoyed for several centuries the ownership of 
extensive landed estates. It is found in that shire in 
the Parish of Beckington as early at least as the reign 
of Henry the Eighth; and in deeds, wills, or other 
documents, recorded or filed in the public archives, in 
which the names of its male members appear, they are, 
in the main, styled gentlemen, in accordance with the 
custom prevailing in English conveyancing, even down 
to the present period, of identifying the parties to 
solemn instruments by the occupation pursued or the 
social position held by them. And, it may be added, 
the Trees seem to have exercised the influence, socially 
and otherwise, which ordinarily pertains to the life 
of an English country gentleman.* 

Rudge H all, situated in the little hamlet of Rudge, 

•The coat armour of the Tree family ig thus given in Burke's 
General Armory: Ar. a rose within an orle of estoiles gu. Crest— s^n 
oak tree fructed ppr. 

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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

about a mile east of the village of Beckington, con- 
stituted the family residence of the Trees of Somerset- 
shire, certainly as far back as the reign of Charles the 
Second. The house, or Hall as it was, and still is, 
called, which belonged to and was always occupied by 
some of the family, was rebuilt about the beginning 
of the Eighteenth Century by one of its members of 
that epoch. It is a solid and large stone structure. 
The property was finally sold about 1870, and is no 
longer in the possession of the family. 

Beckington itself is a parish or \'illage on the high 
road from Frome to Bath, three miles north-east from 
Frome and ten miles south-east of Bath. It contains 
the church of St. Gregory, — an ancient building of stone 
in the transition style. The tower is of Norman date, 
and the front, a fine example of the same period. On 
the north side of the chancel are three recumbent efl&- 
gis, and there are also brasses to John St. Maur, ob. 
1485, and Elizabeth (Barrel) his wife, ancestors of 
the Seymours, Dukes of Somerset, and to John Comp- 
ton, merchant, ob. 1510 and Elizabeth his wife. In 
the north aisle is an inscribed slab with bust, to Samuel 
Danyell, a historical poet and for some time poet- 
laureate, who was interred here in October, 1619. 
The church has three hundred sittings. The register 
dates from 1559, and contains an entry that Charles 
the Second passed here after the battle of "Worcester, 
September 3rd, 1651. The living is a manorial rectory 
with that of Standerwick annexed, worth eight hundred 

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THE TREE FAJVIILY IN ENGLAND 

pounds per annum, besides residence and seventy-two 
acres of glebe land. Beckington was formerly cele- 
brated for its manufacture of cloth, and was the birth 
place of Thomas de Beckington, a plenipotentiary to ne- 
gotiate a peace with France and who was Bishop of 
Bath and Wells (1443-1465). 

Beckington Castle and the Manor House are speci- 
men mansions of early date. Seymours Court, 
about half a mile east, and now a farm house, was the 
seat of Sir Thomas Seymour, who married Queen 
Catharine Parr, widow of Henry the Eighth. Baron 
Seymour was the brother of the Protector Somerset, 
by whose order he was executed for high treason 10 
March, 1548. 

It was not until the 27th year of the reign of 
Henry the Eighth, that is to say, 1536, that the British 
Parliament enacted the law requiring all marriages, 
baptisms, and burials throughout the kingdom to be 
recorded in registers kept for that purpose by the 
parish churches. Before that time, such facts were 
usually found entered, if anywhere, in family papers, 
or became traditions handed down from generation 
to generation in the family. In connection with the 
promulgation of the Registry Act, it is interesting to 
find that one of the first clergy to give effect to the 
same, was the Reverend Robert Tree, Rector of the 
Parish of Westerfield, in the Archdeanory of Suffolk, 
evidence of which fact is found in the following intro- 
ductory note in the " Register Booke " of the Parish: 

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"The Register Booke for Westerfield of Marriages, 
Christning & Burialls. 

M. That whereas it hath pleased the King's Grace 
to conunand evry pson Vicar or Curatt shall keep 
one Booke or Register to inscrib all the Names of 
such psons as shal be maryed christned or Buryed 
wth in theer prsh for ther time & in like manner 
evry one succeeding to observe & keep the same 
forme & manr according as the King's Injunction 
maketh mencion — ^Wherefor be it knowen to evy 
man that the eight day of March in the xxxist 
yeare of the Reigne of King Henry the eight this 
booke was made for the Church of Westerfield & 
here is inscribed all the names of such psons as 
hereto hath byn Christned maryed & buryed in 
the forsaid church. 

p. me ROBERT J. TREE, 

Rector." 

The first entry concerning the Tree family made in 
the registers of the Church of St. Gregory before men- 
tioned, is that of the marriage of John Davis and 
Selina Tree, May 25th, 1562, which is not long after the 
period that registers began to be kept. The first entry 
of a burial is that of WHliam Tree, March 1, 1573, 
while the first baptism registered, is that of John Tree, 
October 29, 1561. The following are the entries found 
on these registers: 

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MARRIAGES. 



1562, May 25, John Davis and SeHna Tree. 

1566, July 18, John Parsons and Margaret Tree 

1567, November 24, John Tree and Alice Russell 
1583, November 8, Alexander Jordan and Johanna 

Tree. 

1640, November 2, Thomas Knight and Elizabeth Tree, 
,^^, ^ ^y ^^- J^^^ Farwell, parson of Laverton. 
J /57, Banns, Samuel Stafford and Ann Tree. 
3758, December 25, James Sloper and Ann Tree 
1760, January 17, Eobert Payton and Elizabeth Tree. 
1770, April 16, James Eead and Mary Tree. 

!II!' ^^""'^ ^^' '^^"^^^ Humphreys and Susanna Tree. 
1801, July 14, Charles Chislett and Anne Tree. 

BAPTISMS. 

1561, October 29, John Tree. 

1583, April 20, Alisia Tree. 

1584, February 11, Lambert Tree. 
1589, March 5, William Tree. 
1592, August 19, Maria Tree. 

1609, February 18, Margaret Tree, daughter of John 
Tree. 

1613, January 3, William Tree, son of John Tree 

1614, September 28, John Tree, son of John Tree.* 

iri^' Z 7r.~:r' Augustus Tree, son of John Tree. 

1616, May 10, Richard Tree, son of John Tree 
1617 November 23, John Tree, son of John Tree. 

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1619, November 1, Alice Tree, daughter of John Tree. 
1622, February 14, Elizabeth Tree, daughter of John 

Tree. 
1624, September 19, Mary Tree, daughter of John 

Tree. 
1642, September 4, William, son of John Tree. 
1651, May 8, Lambert, son of John and Mary Tree. 
1654, April 12, James, son of John and Elizabeth Tree. 
1709, October 13, Susanna, daughter of James and 

Susanna Tree. 
1711, December 23, James, son of James and Susanna 

Tree. 
1715, September 25, John, son of James and Jane Tree. 
1717, April 23, Simon, son of James and Jane Tree. 
1719, June 30, Elizabeth, daughter of James and Jane 

Tree. 
1726, September 16, Lamhert, son of James and Jane 

Tree. 

1735, April 15, Lambert, son of Simon and Ann Tree. 

1736, December 23, Simon, son of Simon and Ann Tree. 

1737, November 6, James, son of Simon and Ann Tree. 
1739, March 29, Ann, daughter of Simon and Hannah 

Tree. 
1739, March 29, Elizabeth, daughter of Shnon and 

Hannah Tree. 
1741, November 12, Betty, daughter of Simon and 

Hannah Tree. 
1741, December 25, Ann, daughter of Thomas and 

Mary Tree. 

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1743, August 12, Ann, daughter of Simon and Ann 

Tree. 
1744 July 7, John, son of John and Ann Tree. 

1744, July 8, John, son of Thomas and Mary Tree. 
1753, September 12, Mary, daughter of Simon and 

Elinor Tree. 

1770, August 22, Elizabeth Ballard, daughter of Wil- 
liam and Elizabeth Tree. 

1778, August 17, Susannah, daughter of Lambert and 
Ruth Tree. 

1781, April 15, Ann, daughter of Lambert and Ruth 
Tree. 



BUEIALS. 



1573, March 1, William Tree. 

1581, June 6, John Tree. 

1586, May 13, John Tree's child unbaptized. 

1589, December 19, William Tree. 

1591, September 4, Mary Tree. 

1607, May 30, John Tree. 

1610, June 24, Johan Try. 

1614, September 29, John Tre, son of John Tre. 

1622, November 14, Margaret Tree, daughter of John 

Tree. 
1630, January 23, Alice, wife of John Tree. 
1657, October 11, Ann, wife of John Trye the elder. 
1661, November 1, John Tree, the elder. 

1685, September 24, Elizabeth, wife of John Tree. 

1686, April 15, John Tree. 



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1687, September 24, Elizabeth, wife of John Tree. 

September 27, Catharine Bourne made affida- 
vit that she was buried in woollen only. 

1688, April 15, John Tree. April 20, Susanna Broad- 

rib made affidavit that he was buried in wool- 
len only. 

1712, January 17, Susanna, wife of James Tree. 

1714, July 3, Mr. James Tree's two infants. 

1729, December 3, James Tree. 

1732, October 8, Lambert, son of James and Jone Tree. 

1737, November 10, James, son of Simon and Ann 
Tree. 

1739, May 11, Barbara, wife of John Tree. 

1741, April 4, Joan Tree, widow. 

1744, July 7, Ann, wife of John Tree. 

1745, February 11, Simon Tree. 

1746, February 23, Ann, wife of Simon Tree. 
1759, November 15, Widow Tree. 

1761, December 29, Mr. Simon Tree. 

1787, October 10, Elizabeth Tree. 

1788, February 12, Hannah Tree. 
1790, October 5, Mrs. Tree. 

1803 May 7, Mr. Lambert Tree. 

During the period of the Revolution in England, 
and for some years following, many of the churches 
were either closed altogether, or were taken possession 
of by the Cromwellians and used for secular purposes, 
which accounts for the lack of chronological sequence 
of entries in many of the church registers. 

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In addition to the foregoing entries in the registers 
of the parish church at Beckington, two Tree family 
bibles (dated respectively 1650 and 1682, and at this 
time in the possession of Mrs. M. A. Olive of Bath, 
England, a great granddaughter of Lambert Tree of 
Beckington) contain a number of interesting entries. 
The first is that which records the birth of Elizabeth 
Tree in the year 1658 in the parish of Beckington. 
The second is that of the marriage of Simon Tree to 
Elizabeth Hippen, no dates being given. Then follow 
entries of the birth of issue resulting from the latter 
marriage, as follows : Mary, born 1693 ; Elizabeth born 
1697; Susanna, bom 1699; Simon (who is recorded as 
second son) born 1701. 

The last named Simon, second son of Simon and 
Elizabeth (nee Hippen) Tree, lived at Rudge, and was 
married twice (as is recorded in the family bible), 
first, to Anne, daughter of James Collins, of the parish 
of Dunmington, co Somerset, gentleman, by which 
marriage there were three children, namely : Lambert 
Tree, bom in 1734; William Tree, bom in 1736, and 
Elizabeth Tree, bom in 1741. The second marriage of 
Simon Tree was to Eleanor Band, and took place at 
Bath Abbey, 1 May, 1749. By her, he had one child, 
Mary Tree, bom in 1755. 

Lambert Tree, son of Simon Tree by his wife Anne 
Collins is recorded in one of these bibles as having 
by Ruth his wife, two daughters : Susanna Tree, born 
in 1778, and Ann Tree, born in 1781. He continued 

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to occupy Eudge Hall after the death of his father, 
from whom, under his will, the son succeeded to the 
title of the property. Susanna Tree, the eldest 
daughter, married John Pearce, and died without 
issue ; Anne Tree, the other daughter, married Charles 
Chislett, of Warminster co. Wilts, and by him had 
the following children, as appears from the bible 
entries: Anne Tree Chislett, born 1802; Susan Tree 
Chislett, born in 1804; Jane Tree Chislett, bom in 
1805 ; Lambert Tree Chislett, born in 1808, and Maria 
Tree Chislett, born in 1810. Of these children, Anne 
Tree Chislett and Lambert Tree Chislett never mar- 
ried ; and while their sisters Susan and Maria married, 
they left no issue. Jane Tree Chislett married John 
Sturgis, and had by him six children. 

William Tree, second son of Simon Tree by his 
wife Anne Collins, went to reside upon his estate near 
Upton-Scudamore, co. Wilts, where the Tree family 
had large landed interests. He married twice. By the 
first wife, he had a daughter who died young, and there 
is no mention in the bible of issue by the second 
marriage. 

The village of Upton-Scudamore, near which Wil- 
liam Tree resided, is about five miles from Beckington. 
It contains an extremely interesting church of Gothic 
or early English style of architecture, dating back to 
the twelfth century, with a baptismal font said to be 
of the period of Alfred the Great. The walls are cov- 
ered with tablets commemorating the decease of parish- 
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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

ioners of note, several bearing names of persons who 
have intermarried with the Trees of Somersetshire. 

The church books record that William Tree was 
present at Parish meetings from 1776 to 1800, and that 
his grand-nephew and the grandson of Lambert Tree 
of Rudge Hall, Lambert Tree Chislett, served as church- 
warden in 1838-9. The parish register contains the 
following entries referring to the Tree family: 

BUKIALS. 

1801, February 4, William Tree Esq. in the 65th year 

of his age. 
1846, June 3d, Lambert Tree Chislett, aged 37. 
1848, Maria Tree Pearce, aged 38. 
1850, Susanna Tree Pearce of Rudge, aged 71. 

MARRIAGES. 

1801, July 9th, John Pearce and Susanna Tree. 

1832, June 9th, Thomas Sturgis and Susan Tree Chis- 
lett. 

1832, June 9th, John Sturgis and Jane Tree Chislett. 

1839, Robert Taylor and Susan Tree Sturgis, widow, 
daughter of Charles Chislett. 

1846, Isaac Goodwin Pearce and Maria Tree Chislett. 

Aside from the entries in the Tree family bibles, it 
appears from old deeds, transcripts of wills and other 
documents, now in the possession of a member of the 

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family, that the first Simon Tree, he who married 
Elizabeth Hippen in 1658, had two brothers, named 
respectively, James and Lambert, and that their 
father's name was John Tree. It further appears 
from the same documents that James Tree had three 
sons named respectively, James, John and Simon. 
Lambert Tree, the other brother, seems not to have 
married. He went to London from his native parish of 
Beckington when very young, and engaged in trade. 
He was successful, and during his life, besides acquir- 
ing a fortune, he was elected in 1703, master of one of 
the liveried companies of London, in which office he 
served some years. This was then, as it is now, con- 
sidered a high honor for a citizen of London. His 
residence in that city was in the parish of St. Anne, 
Westminster, where he died, August, 1738, at the 
advanced age of ninety-five years. By his will, made 
in 1736, and on file among the archives of Somerset 
House, he mentions his nephews, James, John, and 
Simon, as the sons of his late brother James Tree, to 
each of whom he gave certain parcels of landed prop- 
erty in Somersetshire, and to the last named nephew, 
Simon Tree, the residue of his estate, real and personal. 
Mrs. M. A. Olive, now residing at Bath, England, 
is a daughter of Jane Tree Chislett by her marriage 
with John Sturgis of Warminster, co. Wilts. The 
mother of Jane was Anne Tree, daughter of Lambert 
Tree of Eudge Hall, and wife of Charles Chislett of 
Wilts. Mrs. Olive possesses four portraits of life 

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size, painted in oil, one representing her great-great- 
grandfather, Simon Tree, the other three being those 
of his wife, Anne, and their two sons, Lambert and 
William when they were children of about three and 
five years respectively. The illustrations herewith 
interleaved are copies of such portraits. Besides the 
portraits and the two family bibles mentioned, she pos- 
sesses other relics of the Tree family, including several 
silver spoons and a silver tobacco box, which belonged 
to the Lambert Tree who resided at London as before 
mentioned. The lid of the box bears the family arms, 
and on the bottom is engraved ''L T. 1709." 

The Trees of England were chiefly localized to 
Somerset, Wilts, Norfolk, Suffolk, Sussex and Kent 
counties, but it is believed that they had their beginning 
in Somerset, from whence branches of the family 
spread into the other counties above named. Some of 
its members seem to have reached London and its 
vicinity from the family nest in Somerset, as early as 
the seventeenth century, and this is not a matter of 
surprise, as London was then, as it has since continued 
to be, the great political, commercial and social mael- 
strom of England, drawing and continuing to draw 
many of the ambitious and adventurous among her 
people, from every district in the kingdom. 

It is to be remembered also that in the sixteenth, 
seventeenth, and the early part of the eighteenth cen- 
turies, Bristol, Plymouth, and other places along the 
south and east coasts constituted the chief ports of 

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SI.AKiN TRI:K, iNi), miRN ITiil 



THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

the kingdom, and that the young men born and reared 
in the counties such as Somerset, Sussex, Suffolk, Kent 
and Gloucester, which bordered upon, or were near 
the British channel, naturally took to the sea and pur- 
sued the calling of mariners, which in those days of 
sailing ships, was surrounded by a glamour, and pos- 
sessed a fascination for the young and adventurous 
that it does not in the later days of steam navigation. 

The harbours of Bristol, Plymouth, Fahnouth, and 
Ipswich, were at that period crowded with ships sailing 
to remote parts of the world, and especially to America, 
which was just then exciting intense interest as a 
country de Vavenir. Members of the Tree family 
were, in all probability, influenced by the prevailing 
taste and ambition of the young men of their day and 
generation. 

While the Tree family seems to have had its chief 
habitat in Somersetshire, and to have had a continuous 
residence there for over four hundred years, it is found 
to have had representatives in various parts of Eng- 
land. 

William Trees, of co. Norfolk, died in 1494, when 
his will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canter- 
bury. 

Richard Trees, of London, gent, died in London in 

1537, leaving a will. 

Nicholas Tree inherited thirty-three shillings four 
pence, under the will of James Mortymer, of Sandf ord, 
Devonshire, dated 19 October, 1558. 
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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Eichard, son of Eichard Tree, was baptized, 17 
November, 1616, at St. James Church, Clerkenwell, 
London, the records of which note the burial of 
Eichard, son of John Tree, 23 February, the same 
year. 

William Tree, of Hawkhurst, co. Kent, and Fran- 
ces Nash were married, 6 April, 1597. 

Laurence Tree, of Brede, Sussex, died in 1631, when 
his will was proved by his brother, Eichard Tree. 

John Tree, of Brighton, Sussex, died in 1638, as 
appears from the record of administration on his estate 
that year. 

Eoger Tree, of Northamptonshire, executed his will, 
6 July, 1637. 

Simon Tree, born 1657, is buried in the graveyard 
at Hempstead, where a stone marks his grave, upon 
which, as noted in ''John Hacketts select epitaphs of 
illustrious persons," is inscribed the following: 
"Underneath where you see There lies the body of 
Simon Tree Who departed this life August 12, 1722, 
in the 64th year of his age." 

Thomas Tree, of Birchington, co. Kent, and Mariam 
Locker, were married, 1 June, 1670. 

Edward Tree, of London, and Mary Prior, were 
married 20 June, 1650. 

John Tree, of London, and Jane Bailey, were mar- 
ried, 5 April, 1664, and had at least the following chil- 
dren, whose baptisms are recorded in the register of 

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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

St. James Cliurcli, Clerkenwell, as follows: Edward, 
baptized January 16th, 1665; Robert, baptized Sep- 
tember 1st, 1668 ; Ann, baptized June 30tli, 1673 ; Isaac, 
baptized February 5th, 1677, and Rebecca, baptized 
March 20th, 1683. 

John Tree, mariner, of Shadwell, married, 9 Decem- 
ber, 1695, at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, 
Susanna Emmery. 

Catharine Tree married Peter Vandenstein, 25 Aug- 
ust, 1718. 

The marriage, baptismal, and burial registers of the 
parish church at Harden in the county of Kent, contain 
many entries of the name of Tree from about 1729 to 
a comparatively recent period. 

Eliza Tree married John Barnaby of London, 2 
October, 1758. 

Boyce Tree, of Mile End, died 24 December, 1780, 
as noted in Historical Register Chronicle, volume 30. 

John Tree married Elizabeth Walker, 3 December, 
1790. 

Anna Maria Tree, of London, (1820-1862), married 
James Bradshaw, Member of Parliament for Coventry. 
She was a sister of Ellen Tree, the eminent actress 
who subsequently married Charles Kean. 

The registry of the Arch-deaconry of Suffolk shows 
the solemnization of the marriage, October 17th, 1718, 
of Lambert Tree of Suffolk, mariner and Mary Raw- 
Hngs of Walton in the parish church of Walton in 

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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Suffolk, according to the rites and ceremonies of the 
established church. 

Conformably with the law prevailing at the period, 
Lambert Tree filed a bond with the arch-deaconry when 
the marriage license was issued to him, the condition 
of which reads as follows : 

''The condition of this obligation is such that if 
hereafter there shall not appear any lawful Lett or 
Impediment by reason of any pre-contract, consan- 
guinity, affinity or any other lawful means, whatso- 
ever; but that ye above bounden LAMBERT TREE 
of Walton singleman and MARY RAWLINGS of ye 
same singlewoman may lawfully solenmize marriage 
together, and in the same afterwards lawfully remain 
and continue for man and wife according to the laws 
in that behalf provided. And moreover if there be not 
at this present time any action, suit, plaint, quarrel 
or demand moved or depending before any judge 
ecclesiastical or temporal for or concerning any such 
lawful impediment between the said parties ; nor that 
either of them be of any better estate or degree than 
to the judge at the granting of the license is suggested 
and shall also indemnifie and save harmless the above 
named George Raymond and all other his officer and 
minister of granting this license. 

And lastly, that the said marriage shall be openly 
solemnized in the church of Walton in the license speci- 
fied between the hours appointed in the constitutions 
ecclesiastical confirmed and according to the form of 




L.V3U5EKT TREK, ]5. IT-'A, S<iN <iK SIMON TKKE, Jnh 



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the Book of Common Prayer now by law established. 
That then this obligation to be void or else to stand in 
full force and virtue. 



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It appears from the entries in the registers of the 
parish church of Beckington and the bibles of the Trees 
of Somerset, that the names of Lambert and John 
amongst the males, and those of Jane, Mary and Mar- 
garet amongst the females, were handed down through 
each successive generation for hundreds of years. A 
like disposition to preserve the same names in the 
family in America can be observed ever since the 
marriage at Philadelphia, in 1763, of Lambert Tree, 
sea captain, and Margaret Donaldson. They named 
their two sons, John and Lambert, respectively, and 
after John Tree grew up, and married Eebecca Karn, 
they too selected the same names for two of their sons. 
Their descendants in turn have continued the name 
of Lambert until it has passed through five genera- 
tions in America. The female names have been handed 
down in like manner. These facts seem to furnish 
incontrovertible evidence of the connection of the Tree 
with the family of the same name having its habitat in 
Somerset for centuries. 



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EXTRACTS FROM DEEDS AND WILLS EX- 
ECUTED BY OR TO MEMBERS OF THE 
TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND.* 

Indenture made 20th September in the twentieth year 
of reign of Charles IL, anno. dom. 1680, between John 
Aske of (illegible) County of Wilts and Symon Tree 
of Rudge in the Parish of Beckington in the County 
of Somerset, conveys land formerly occupied by John 
Tree father of the said Symon Tree — on a loan for a 
year. 

Indenture of lease made in the 7th year of the reign 
of William III. A. D. 1695 between John Methuen, 
Lord of the Liberty and Manor of Beckington, in the 
County of Somerset and John Tree of Rudge, of cer- 
tain lands at Rudge. 

Indenture made 9th of April 9th year William III. 
A. D. 1697 between John Methuen of Bishops Canigs 
in the County of Wilts, Esquire, of the one part and 
Robert Westcott of Rudge &c lease of certain property 
in Beckington afterwards owned by the Tree family. 

Indenture 3rd of April. 1st year of Queen Anne, 1702 
between William Phillips of Rudge and John Powell 

* The original deeds which are written on parchment, many of them 
in early English, are now in the possession of the Honorable Lambert 
Tree of Chicago. They constitute very interesting specimens of the 
conveyancing of the period, including a Fine and a Recovery. 

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of Somerset County, grant of a thousand years of 
certain lands in Beckington parish, to Powell, which 
property came later into the possession and owner- 
ship of Simon Tree. 

Agreement dated October 6th 1702 between John Jeffs 
and William Sainsbury for and on behalf of the Hon. 
John Methuen of the one part, and Simon Tree of the 
City of Westminster of the other part, to convey to 
the said Simon Tree certain property described at 
Rudge, parish of Beckington in the County of Somer- 
set, before 1st of January ensuing for a consideration 
of £20 in hand to be paid by the said Simon Tree on 
the ensealing and delivery of deed. 

Indenture made 4th May in the 2nd year Anne A. D. 
1703 between the Hon. John Methuen Esq. Lord Chan- 
cellor of Ireland of the one part and Simon Tree of 
the ''Citty" of Westminster and Elizabeth his wife of 
the other part — leases certain properties at Rudge. 

Indenture made the 5th day of May in the second year 
of the reign of Anne A. D. 1703 between the Rt. Hon. 
John Methuen Esq. Lord Chancellor of Ireland of the 
one part and Simon Tree of the ''Sitty" of West- 
minster and Elizabeth his wife of the other part — 
conveys Clifford House, three fulling mills and other 
property in Beckington parish to said Simon and 
Elizabeth for a consideration of £870. 

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Bond from Richard Solwood to Thomas Salter and 
Simon Tree (in the Latin language) agreeing to pay 
them £20— on the 21st June 1720— Bond dated 20th 
day of January 1719. 

Power of Attorney from J. Howell Heard, Ensign in 
the Lord Mackarr Regiment of foot in the Kingdom of 
Ireland, Greeting: States that whereas John Heard 
late of St. James in the County of Middlesex, Gentle- 
man, deceased, did by his last will dated 31st October 
1711 appoint Thomas Salter of Westminster and Simon 
Tree of St. James, Gentleman, Executors and that they 
took upon them the burden and execution thereof and 
have paid debts and legacies of considerable value, 
and whereas said Thomas Salter and Simon Tree have 
filed a bill in the High Court of Chancery asking their 
discharge as Executors &c and whereas all is satis- 
factory &c, &c., he appoints Captain John Brooks 
attorney for him &c., &c, to assent to discharge of said 
Salter and Tree &c, dated 4th December 1721. 

Power of Attorney from Lambert Tree of the parish 
of St. Anne, Westminster, to his nephew Simon Tree 
of Beckington County of Somerset — authorizing him 
to collect rents debts &c, &c. dated and sealed 11th 
October 7th year of George II., 1733. 

Indenture made 1733 the 19th year of George II. 
between Sunon Tree of Rudge etc Gentleman and 

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James Collins Gentleman, of Rudge, and William God- 
frey of Paddington Middlesex County Gentleman. 
Lease for a year of property in parish of Beckington. 

Indenture tripartite made lOth day of July 1733 and 
7tli year of George II., between Simon Tree of Rudge 
etc Gentleman, James Collins of Dunmington, County 
Somerset second part and William Godfrey of Pad- 
dington etc Gentleman and Anne Collins spinster, 
daughter of the said James Collins of the third part, 
marriage settlement, in consideration of £700 paid to 
said Simon Tree as marriage portion, he settles certain 
lands on Anne Collins for her use and use of heirs of 
their joint bodies &c. &c. 

Indenture dated 1733 and 7th year of George II., 
between Simon Tree of Rudge &c Gentleman, of the 
first part, and James Collins of the parish of Dun- 
mington in the County of Somerset, Gentleman, and 
William Godfrey of Paddington in the County of 
Middlesex, Gentleman, of the other part — Conveys 
certain messuages formerly owned and occupied by 
John Tree late Grandfather of said Simon Tree but 
now in the possession of the said Simon Tree, and 
other property on a loan for a year. 

At the Court of the Rector of Beckington held 14th 
March 10th year of George III., A. D. 1736, comes Simon 
Tree and took of the Lord according to the custom of 

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the said Manor the reversion of one messuage or tene- 
ment situate and being near the cross in Beckington 
(land and premises described) to pay a yearly rent 
of 3/- and for a heriot when it shall be open the sum 
of 4/- and pays the Lord for a fine £30 Document. 

Power of Attorney dated 20th August 1738 from 
Thomas Cradock Executor of the will of Lambert Tree 
of Westminster to Simon Tree recites that the will 
devises to his, Lambert Tree's nephew, James Tree, 
son of his brother James Tree then deceasd in fee 
simple, his farm at Haywood in the parish of West- 
bury in the County of Wilts. To his nephews John 
Tree and Simon Tree the other part of the farm at 
Haywood held by Lord Abingdon on three lives, and 
to his nephew Simon Tree the son of his late brother 
Simon Tree deceased, the residue of his personal 
estate. 

Indemnity Bond of £200 to save harmless from wife's 
dower from same to same dated May 29th 1740 in 13th 
year of " our sovereign Lord George II., by the Grace 
of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King 
defender of the Faith and so forth." 

Deed of Indenture dated 2nd May 1740 and in the 13th 
year of George II., between William Phillips of Eudge, 
parish of Beckington in the County of Somerset Cord- 
wainer, of the first part and Simon Tree of Rudge 

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aforesaid, Gentleman, of the other part — in considera- 
tion of 141 pounds, conveys certain closes therein or 
described. 

Deed dated May 25th 1740— Same to same of certain 
other properties. 

Receipt of release from William W. Throsher of Rhode 
in the County of Somerset to Simon Tree for a legacy 
of £300 paid him under the will of Lambert Tree late 
of the parish of St. Anns in the Liberty of West- 
minster in the count}^ of Middlesex made 28th of April 
1736. This document states that said Lambert Tree 
made Simon Tree son of the testator's late brother 
Simon Tree deceased, residuary legatee and appointed 
Thomas Cradock of the parish of St. Martin's Execu- 
tor of his will. That the said Lambert Tree died 
August 8th, 1738. That said executor Thomas Cra- 
dock proved the will in the prorogative Court of Can- 
terbury. Receipt or release of William Throsher dated 
7th May 1740. 

Indenture made 16th April in the 19th year of the reign 
of George II. A. D. 1746 between Simon Tree of Rudge 
in the parish of Beckington in the county of Somerset, 
Gentleman, of the one part and Samuel Singer of 
Clifford Mill in the same parish, Fuller, of the other 
part— leases Clifford Mill &g for ten years at an 
annual rent of £52 — and takes &c. &c. 

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Release of Dower from Mrs. Eleanor Tree, widow of 
Simon Tree to Mr. Lambert Tree — Dated January 
15th 1762. 

Eleanor Tree of Rudge in the parish of Beckington in 
the County of Somerset, Widow of Simon Tree late 
of the same place and parish, Gentleman, deceased, to 
William Tree of Rudge in the parish of Beckington 
aforesaid, Gentleman, son of the said Simon Tree by 
his first wife Ann Tree, deceased — Release of dower 
in certain lands in the parishes of Berkeley, Becking- 
ton and Standerwick in the said county of Somerset. 

Indenture of Lease made 24th December 1775 and in 
the 15th year of the reign of George III., between 
Lambert Tree of Rudge in the parish of Beckington in 
the County of Somerset, Gentleman, of the one part, 
and John Halliday of Cloford in the same County, 
Yeoman, of the other part — leases for term of years 
properties in Parish of Beckington. 

Indenture tripartite made 23rd September 1766 and 
the 6th year of George III., between Lambert Tree of 
Rudge in the parish of Beckington in the County of 
Somerset, Gentleman (eldest son of Simon Tree late 
of Rudge aforesaid Gentleman, deceased, by Ann his 
wife, also deceased who was daughter of James Collins 
late of the parish of Dunmington in the same county, 
Gentleman, deceased), of the first part, Samuel Trap- 

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stott Cliffords Inn, London, Gentleman, of the second 
part, and Stephen Skurray of Beckington aforesaid, 
Gentleman, of the third part, by which Lambert con- 
veys and releases certain lands of the Manor of Beck- 
ington in order to cut off estatestail, and suffer a 
recovery for the purpose of getting an absolute title 
thereto. 

Indenture of Lease dated November 19, 1781 22nd year 
of George III. between Lambert Tree of Rudge in the 
parish of Beckington in the County of Somerset, Gen- 
tleman, eldest son and heir at law of Simon Tree late 
of Rudge aforesaid. Gentleman, deceased and James 
Coringe Troke of Westbury in the County of Wilts, 
Plumber and Glazier, of the other part — leases certain 
premises therein described. 

Articles of Agreement dated 11th September 1787 
between Lambert Tree of Rudge in the parish of 
Beckington in the County of Somerset, Gentleman, of 
the one part, and Robert Blunt of Froom-Selwood in 
the said County, Clothier of the other part. Lambert 
Tree agrees to sell Blunt certain land in Somerset for 
£11,000. 

Receipt of William Tree given to Lambert Tree for 
£50 paid him, being a legacy under his father 's, Simon 
Tree's will— Receipt dated July 19th 1762. 

Receipt from Elinor Tree to Lambert for payment of 
legacy of £50 under will of Simon Tree. 

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The will of James Tree of Rudge within the Parish 
of Beckington, Somerset County, Gentleman, dated 
December 1728— Proved March 20, 1730 in the Pre- 
rogative court of Canterbury, gives to his wife Joan, 
and her heirs forever, certain landed property de- 
scribed and certain other estates adjoining that of 
the Earl of Abingdon in or near Eudge, for life and 
also his household goods and plate. 

To his son, James Tree, certain messuages at Hart- 
tree, County Somerset. 

To his daughter Susanna, certain other described 
properties in Somerset and £2440. 

To his son, Lambert, certain estate at Rudge therein 
described to hold at his age of 21. 

To his son, Simon, he gives a certain estate therein 
described in Rudge and Standerwick. 

To his daughter, Elizabeth, he gives £1200 at her 
age of 21. 

To his son, John, £1100 at his age of 21. 

Will of Lambert Tree who died in Westminster 
Parish Aug. 8, 1738. Will made April 28, 1736— 
Proved Aug. 21, 1738. Devises the bulk of his estate, 
which included extensive landed properties in Somer- 
set, to his sister Joan Tree; to his cousin Elizabeth 
Tree daughter of James Tree; to Simon Tree, son of 
his late brother, Simon, and James Tree, son of his 
brother James Tree. This Lambert Tree died a 
bachelor. 

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The Wells District Probate Eegistry show a nuin- 
ber of wills and administrations of members of the 
Tree family. 

The will of Simon Tree of Rudge in the parish of 
Beckington, Gentleman, dated Nov. 27, 1761. Gives 
to his son, Lambert Tree, his house at Rudge, also 
his house at Beckington called *' Cliffords" also his 
houses in Beckington called *'Wereatts" and ''Phil- 
lips" — directs that said Lambert shall pay to Elizabeth 
Tree, the daughter of said Simon by his first wife Aim 
Tree, the sum of six hundred pounds when she is 
twenty-one. 

To his son, William, he gives all his messuages in 
the parish of Berkley, Beckington and Standerwick, 
which some years before said Simon purchased of 
Alexander Hilman. 

To his wife Eleanor Tree, a certain property in 
Norton St. Philip called *' Hosiers." 

To Mary Tree, daughter by his present wife, a 
certain property which he holds through the Earl of 
Abingdon. 

This will was proved February 6, 1762. 

The will of Anna Tree of Rudge in the Parish of 
Beckington, Widow — dated January 13, 1788. 

To her son-in-law, Samuel Stafford of Dilton's 
March in the Parish of Westbury, Wilts, she gives the 

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property in Rudge which she recently purchased in 
fee of Mr. John Biggs and Edward Eyter Esq. 

To her daughter, Susanna Humphries, the dwelling 
house at Rudge which she lately bought of Mr. John 
Tree, and after the decease of said daughter, to her 
grand-son James Humphries and his heirs forever. 

To her said daughter Susanna Humphries and her 
grand-son James Payton, all the leasehold estate at 
Rudge which she holds under the Earl of Abingdon 
and her other leasehold estate being in Frierns field 
at Rudge which she holds by a lease from the master 
of St. Magdalen Hospital at Holloway in the City of 
Bath; these estates being chargeable with an annuity 
of £8 which she gives to her daughter Elizabeth Carter, 
wife of William Carter. 

To her daughter, Ann Stafford, wife of the said 
Samuel Stafford, one clear annuity of £5, payable from 
her said leasehold estates. 

To her grand-children, viz: — Ann Dyer, Susanna 
Stafford, John Stafford, Samuel Stafford, James 
Stafford, Simon Stafford, James Payton, Joseph Car- 
ter, James Humphries, William Humphries and 
Susanna Humphries, £10 apiece. 

Residue of Estate to her three daughters, Ann 
Stafford, Elizabeth Carter and Susanna Humphries. 
She appoints her son-in-law, Samuel Stafford and her 
grand-son James Payton her executors. Will proved 
March 1st, 1788. 

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The following administrations and guardianships 
are from Wells District Probate Registry: 

Estate of Eleanor Tree, of Beckington, June 4, 
1763. Administration to Richard Tomlin and Mary 
his wife, guardians to Mary Tree aged above 7 years, 
only child of Simon Tree and the said Eleanor. 

Estate of Eleanor Tree of Beckington, 13th March 
1775. James Reed, Gentleman, husband of Mary Reed, 
formerly Tree. The guardianship of the said Mary 
has now expired by reason of her full age. 

Estate of Elizabeth Tree of Beckington, 13 October 
1787. Administration to Lambert Tree, Gentleman, 
lawful brother and one of the next of kin of Elizabeth 
Tree late of Beckington, Spinster. 

The birth register at Somerset House from 1898 to 
1903 shows 106 of the name of Tree recorded, which 
means according to the ordinary methods of calcula- 
tion, that there are rather more than 600 persons of 
the name now living in England (1907). There is 
a good number in Devon and Somerset, chiefly around 
Tiverton and Wellington. There are also some in and 
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HE surname Tree is found at vari- 
ous points in America .during the 
colonial period. The first of the 
name to arrive there was Eichard 
Tree, who, with his son John, aged 
twelve years, was a passenger in 
the ship *' George," which arrived 
at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1621.* 
He settled on a plantation at Blue Point,f near James- 
town, but seems to have removed later to Hogg Island, 
Northampton County, from which place he was chosen 
a member of the Virginia Assembly in 1629, and again 
in 1632, serving in the General assemblies which met 
in those years.:}: His colleague from the same county 
in 1629, was John Chew, the ancestor of the Chew 
families of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 



* Hotten's List, page 227. 

flbid, page 272. 

X Hening's Statutes at Large of Virginia, i, 179,338. 

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The name is next met with in New England, in the 
person of another Eichard Tree, who came to Massa- 
chusetts before 1667, in which year he was on garrison 
duty at Dover, New Hampshire, and was of Lynn, 
Massachusetts, two years later, when he married at 
that place, Joanna Eogers. Others of the name, later 
found in New England, are: John Tree, who had a son 
of the same name baptized at Rehoboth, Massa- 
chusetts, in March, 1705; Thomas Tree, who was a 
member of the foot company of Hull, Massachusetts, 
in 1759, and Captain Francis Tree, a master-mariner, 
who was of Boston as early as 12 December, 1762, on 
which day a son Francis was born to him by his wife 
Bridget, two other children, Susanna and Philip, being 
also born to them there; Richard Tree, who was a 
justice of the peace at Coventry, Rhode Island, in 
1757, and Lavinia Tree, who married at that place 
three years later, John Love. 

The Tree name is also met with in Maryland in 
the person of John Tree, who resided in Cecil County, 
where his will was admitted to probate in 1753, and in 
the person of Thomas Tree, who served in the Conti- 
nental Army, as a member of the Fourth Maryland 
regiment. 

Captain Lambert Tree is the first of the Tree 
family in Pennsylvania. He was a prominent sea- 
captain, and commanded a number of vessels, some of 
which he owned, sailing from Philadelphia to Euro- 
pean and other ports between the years 1762 and 1776. 

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The records of the Custom House at Philadelphia 
covered by this period, show Captain Tree to have been 
in command of 
The Sloop ''Duke of York" 1762, sailing between 

Lisbon and Philadelphia ; 
The Schooner "Mollie," 1764, sailing to European 

ports ; 
The Schooner ''Charming Sallie," 1765, sailing be- 
tween Philadelphia and Salem, Massachusetts; 
The Schooner "Eliphet and Mary," 1765, from Phila- 
delphia to North Carolina; 
The Brig "Nancy," 1776, from Philadelphia to Ma- 
deira ; 
The Sloop "Peggie," 1768, from Philadelphia to 

North Carolina, and 
The Schooner "Dove," sailing to Jamaica and other 
West Indian ports. 

Captain Tree resided in the old district of South- 
wark, Philadelphia, which locality was the home of 
most of the leading sea-captains of his day in that 
city. His name appears on the tax list of 1774, when 
he was noted as having one servant, and was taxed 
four pounds. He also figures as one of the founders 
of an unique club, which exists up to the present time 
(1907) and regularly holds its quarterly meetings at 
Philadelphia, in Carpenter's Hall, of Revolutionary 
fame. On the 4th day of July, 1765, just eleven years 
before the Declaration of Independence, Lambert 
Tree, together with a number of other sea-captains, 

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met in Philadelphia and organized what they first 
called by the title of ''Captains of Ships' Charitable 
Club," but which was changed some years afterward 
to the ''Society for the Relief of Poor and Distressed 
Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children," under 
which name it has ever since performed the charitable 
purposes of its organization. Articles of agreement 
were drawn up at the meeting referred to, and duly 
subscribed by its founders, most of whom, as it turned 
out, were soon to play a conspicuous part in the Eev- 
olutionary struggle, while many later members of the 
Club became almost equally distinguished in their 
country's history. 

The Continental Congress and the Executive Gov- 
ernment of the United States, being obliged to look to 
the Merchant Marine for competent men to command 
their fighting ships in the Revolution, and in the 
troubles with France in 1798; in the wars with the 
Barbary States, and in the second War with Great 
Britain in 1812, turned eagerly to this little charitable 
club of sea-captains, for many of its commanders. 
Some there were indeed among its members, whose 
ardor did not permit them to await the organization 
of a Navy by Congress, and who either took command 
of private cruisers, or fought in the land-forces of the 
rebellious colonies. Among the members who entered 
the land-forces were Captains Jolm Barry and Lambert 
Tree, the former serving ashore for a short period 
before he assumed command of a ship of war, and the 

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latter being killed in one of the early engagements of 
the first year of the war while in command of an artil- 
lery company. 

Among the members having command of conti- 
nental ships of war during the Revolution, were Cap- 
tains John Barry, Richard Dale, "William Hallock, 
James Robinson, Elisha Warner, James Young, "Wil- 
liam Allen, John Cox, George Nicholson, and Isaiah 
Robinson. The most distinguished, perhaps, among 
all these, if it is permissible to make distinctions 
where all were gallant officers and won lasting laurels 
in the course of the discharge of their duty, may be 
named Captain John Barry, who had first the brig 
''Lexington" of 16 guns, and afterwards the ship 
"Raleigh" of 30 guns, and whose achievements, while 
in coromand of these two vessels, made him a promi- 
nent figure among the naval heroes of the period ; and 
Captain Lambert Wickes, who gave the greatest prom- 
ise of a brilliant career, but which was unfortunately 
cut short by the foundering of his ship during the War. 
He it was, who commanded the brig "Reprisal" of 16 
guns, which was the first United States war vessel 
to appear in European waters. He carried Dr. Benja- 
min Franklin to France, and took along with him at 
the same time into the French port of Havre, fourteen 
prizes which he captured on the voyage, in the Bay of 
Biscay. Another member of this Club so founded by 
Lambert Tree and other captains, was Richard Dale, 
who, if he had never done anything else would have 

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rendered his name immortal by his association with 
Captain John Paul Jones as his lieutenant and second 
in command, in the famous sea-fight off Flamborough 
Head between the '^Bonhomme Eichard" (42 guns) 
and the British frigate ^^Serapis" (50 guns), which 
terminated in the surrender of the British ship. Rich- 
ard Dale was a brilliant officer, and subsequently rose 
to the rank of Commodore. 

Other members of the Club who commanded ships 
and distinguished themselves in later wars, were Cap- 
tains Stephen Decatur, William Bainbridge, John 
Rogers, James Cooper, John Carson, Thomas Ander- 
son, William Barnes, John Cochran, Thomas Burrows, 
Gerard Byrne, William Davis, Joseph H. Dill, and 
William Fleming. 

Stephen Decatur was in command of the ship 
''Delaware" (20 guns) at the time of the French 
troubles, and had the honor of capturing the French 
vessel of war "La Croyable" after an engagement off 
the Delaware capes. He also commanded the "Phila- 
delphia" (36 guns) and received the thanks of Con- 
gress, as well as being presented with a sword in 1804, 
for attacking and capturing a Tripolitan frigate of 44 
guns. 

William Bainbridge received the thanks of Con- 
gress and a gold medal for his services while in com- 
mand of the "Constitution" (44 guns) for capturing 
the British frigate "Java," in 1813, after a brave and 
skillful combat. 

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Finally, another man, through whose princely en- 
dowments to the City of Philadelphia her sons for 
several generations have enjoyed immeasurable bene- 
fits, was enrolled among the members of the Club. 
That man was Captain Stephen Girard, who entered 
the organization in 1788. He amassed during his life 
an immense fortune, which in the end he distributed 
in a manner to contribute to the well-being and ad- 
vancement of his fellowmen. 

Thus it will be seen that this little charitable Club, 
founded by Lambert Tree and other captains, on the 
4th of July, 1765, became the veritable nursery of the 
American Navy 

Prior to and during the Revolution, Pennsylvania, 
also, turned to its Merchant Marine for military and 
naval commanders and found such among those en- 
rolled in the membership of the noted Club in ques- 
tion. Of those in service prior to the Revolution, were 
Captains John Sibbald, Samuel Mifflin, and Thomas 
Leech. 

Captain John Sibbald, one of the founders, was the 
first Pennsylvanian to win naval honors. In the sum- 
mer of 1739, on the eve of the declaration of war by 
England against Spain, Governor Thomas of Pennsyl- 
vania issued letters of marque to the sloop ' ' George, ' ' 
the first privateer fitted out and sailing from Philadel- 
phia. The "George" carried 10 guns and 10 swivels, 
under the command of William Axon, Captain Sibbald 
being his lieutenant. Shortly after the vessel sailed 

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on her first voyage the command fell to Sibbald, who, 
returning with the ''George" the next year, was pre- 
sented with a sword, in recognition of his gallant ser- 
vices. On his second voyage he covered himself with 
glory, and made many valuable captures. In 1743, 
a new and larger ship, the "Wilmington," with 150 
men, and armed with 24 carriage and 24 swivel gims, 
was fitted out at Philadelphia, and placed under Cap- 
tain Sibbald 's command; and in 1757, he was given 
command of the "Pennsylvania," a war vessel fitted 
out by the Province of Pennsylvania for coastwise 
defence, and generally known as the "Province Ship." 
At the outbreak of the Eevolution he was still living 
at Philadelphia, but was then too old to enter active 
service. 

Captain Samuel Mifflin, also a founder of the Club, 
was given command in 1755, of the "Battery" con- 
structed on the water front of Philadelphia. Most of 
the sea-captains of his day armed their ships with 
heavy guns for defence against the attack of pirates, 
and it is conjectured that Captain Mifflin had had 
experience in such direction, and so was selected to 
direct the artillery of the "Battery." He became 
one of the leading citizens of Philadelphia. During 
the Eevolution, he was in command of an artillery 
regiment, and was tendered, but declined, appointment 
as commodore of the Pennsylvania Navy. 

Captain Thomas Leech joined the Club in 1769. 
As early as 1753 he was in command of vessels 

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sailing from Philadelphia. During the following year, 
while on a passage from the Island of Jamaica, his ship 
was captured by a French man-of-war, and he was 
carried to Port au Prince and imprisoned there. On 
8 June, 1757, he was commissioned second-lieutenant of 
the Province man-of-war ' ' Pennsylvania, ' ' commanded 
by Captain John Sibbald, as before mentioned, and 
two years later, when Captain Sibbald resigned his 
command, Captain Leech was chosen to succeed him, 
upon the recommendation of the latter. About the 
time the War of Independence was begun. Captain 
Leech retired from the sea, and in 1776 he was chosen 
by Congress one of the signers of four millions of the 
bills of credit issued by order of that body, and in De- 
cember of the same year he was appointed by the 
Council of Safety '*to take charge of the sick soldiers 
in and near the City." Captain Leech was a son of 
Honorable Thomas Leech, an eminent Philadelphian, 
and one of the committee who procured for Pennsyl- 
vania the famous ''Independence Bell." 

The most important State naval force organized 
during the Eevolution, was the one formed by Penn- 
sylvania, known as the Pennsylvania Navy. During 
its existence it had five commanders, four of whom, — 
Captains Thomas Eeed, Andrew Caldwell, Samuel 
Davidson, and John Hazelwood, — ^were cotemporaries 
of Captain Tree in the Club mentioned. 

Captain Thomas Read, brother of George Read, 
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missioned 23 October, 1775, Captain of the Montgom- 
er}'-, the flag ship of the Pennsylvania Navy, and from 
that time until 13 January, 1776, he was in command 
of the fleet. For some time after the latter date he 
was second in command, until 7 June, 1776, when he 
resigned, to enter the Continental service. While in 
the State service, he led the fleet in the noted fight on 
the Delaware, May, 1776, with the British war ships, 
*'Eoebuck" and "Liverpool." Upon entering the 
Continental Navy he was placed in command of the 
frigate ' * George Washington, ' ' one of the largest ves- 
sels in the Navy. At the battle of Trenton he was in 
command of an artillery company, composed of men 
from his own ship. 

Captain Andrew Caldwell, the second commander 
of the Pennsylvania Navy, was the first to bear the title 
of Commodore, being appointed such, 13 January, 
1776, resigning the same on account of ill health, 25 
May following. He later became a member of the 
Council of Safety, and of the State Naval Board. 
From 1778 until 1782 he was one of the wardens of 
the port of Philadelphia. 

Captain Samuel Davidson, the third commander, 
and the second commodore, at the organization of the 
Navy was commissioned captain, and given command 
of the "Warren." In March, 1776, he was transferred 
to the "Arnold Battery," which he commanded in the 
fight on the Delaware, May, 1776. On 15 June, the same 
year, he was promoted commodore, retaining this posi- 

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tion until 27 August following. In 1779 and 1780 he 
was on tlie sea, connnanding armed ships, sailing under 
letters of marque from the Continental government. 

Captain John Hazlewood, the last commander, was 
appointed in 1775 to command the fire vessels attached 
to the Pennsylvania Navy; was made second in com- 
mand of the Navy, 1 October, 1776, and promoted com- 
modore, 6 September, 1777. He was in command of 
the fleet throughout the many engagements which took 
place on the Delaware during the period the Brit- 
ish were in possession of Philadelphia. By a vote of 
Congress, 4 November, 1777, Commodore Hazlewood 
was honored with a sword for his gallant conduct in 
the action of 22 and 23 October, in which the British 
lost two of their war ships, the Augusta and Merlin. 

Among others of Captain Lambert Tree's associ- 
ates in the Club, who engaged in either the military 
or naval service in the war for Independence, the 
following may be mentioned: Captains Charles Alex- 
ander, John Ashmead, Charles Biddle, William 
Budden, Joseph Blewer, John Burrows, Henry 
Dougherty, Richard Eyre, Paul Cox, Nathaniel Gait, 
George Geddes, William Greenway, Alexander Hen- 
derson, Thomas Houston, Robert Hardie, Blathwait 
Jones, Robert Knox, Peter Long, Benjamin Loxley, 
James Montgomery, Thomas Moore, Isaac Roach, 
William Richards, Jeremiah Simmons, and Joseph 
Stiles. 

Captain Charles Alexander, entered the Pennsyl- 

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vania Navy as commander of the "Bull Dog," in July, 
1775; was transferred to the "Chatham" in October 
following; resigned, 12 April, 1776, to enter the Con- 
tinental service, becoming captain of the frigate 
"Delaware," with 24 guns, and ranking ten among the 
captains of the Continental Navy. 

Captain John Ashmead commanded the Continental 
brig "Eagle," with which he made several voyages to 
the East Indies, to procure munitions of war for the 
Continental government. 

Captain Joseph Blewer was a member of the Pro- 
vincial Convention which met at Carpenter's Hall, in 
June, 1776 ; also of the Council of Safety in the same 
year, and of the Naval Board of Pennsylvania, in 1777. 
He subsequently became one of the wardens of the port 
of Philadelphia. His son was taken prisoner in the 
battle of Germantown. 

Captain William Budden, while in the naval service 
of the Continental Congress was taken prisoner by the 
British ship "Liverpool," and was subsequently ex- 
changed, by special vote of Congress, for an officer 
of the British Navy. 

Captain Charles Biddle, of the distinguished Phila- 
delphia family of his surname, had a notable experi- 
ence as commander of privateers during the Revolu- 
tion. In 1785 he was chosen vice president of the 
Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, a posi- 
tion which corresponds to the present lieutenant- 
governorship. At the time he was chosen, Benjamin 

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Franklin was chosen president of the Council. Cap- 
tain Biddle was a brother of the gallant hero of the 
United States Navy, — Captain Nicholas Biddle, — who 
lost his life at the blowing up of the frigate '^Ran- 
dolph," in the engagement with the British ship 
"Yarmouth," 7 March, 1778, in Charlestown harbor, 
South Carolina. He was also the father of the emi- 
nent Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the 
United States. Captain Biddle 's '' Autobiography, " 
published a few years ago, is one of the most inter- 
esting works of its kind that has ever appeared in 
print. 

Captain John Burrows was in very active service 
as the commander of privateers, sailing under letters 
of marque from Congress. In 1779 he commanded the 
brig ''Hibernia," 35 men and 11 guns; in 1780, the 
sloop "Industry," 15 men and 6 guns; in 1781, the 
brig "Schuylkill," 35 men and 8 guns, and in 1782, 
the schooner "Don Quixote," 16 men and 8 guns. 

Captain Paul Cox served as lieutenant-colonel of a 
regiment of Philadelphia militia under Colonel Sharp 
Delany, and also in the same capacity under Colonel 
William Bradford. In 1778 he was chosen by Con- 
gress one of the signers of the Continental bills of 
credit. 

Captain Henry Dougherty was appointed captain 
of the "Experiment," of the Pennsylvania Navy, 17 
July, 1775; was transferred two weeks later to the 
"Washington," and in October, 1776, to the "Mont- 

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gomery, ' ' the flag ship of the fleet ; resigning his com- 
mission, 14 May, 1777. 

Captain Eichard Eyre, entered the Pennsylvania 
Navy in September, 1775, as captain of the '' Chat- 
ham," was transferred, 1 October, 1776, to the 
''Delaware," with which vessel he was sent to Toms 
River, New Jersey, in February, 1777, to protect the 
Continental Salt Works at that point. In the follow- 
ing July, under orders of the Naval Board of Penn- 
sylvania, he joined the Continental fleet under Captain 
Isaiah Robinson, sent by Congress ''on a secret 
expedition." 

Captain Nathaniel Gait was placed in command of 
the "Argus," in April, 1777; was taken prisoner in 
January, 1778, and retired from the navy in 1780. 

Captain George Geddes was in command of the 
Continental privateer "Hope," in 1779; of the brig 
"Holker," in 1781, capturing many prizes; and of the 
ship "Congress," later the same year. This ship car- 
ried 200 men and 24 guns, and while Captain Geddes 
was in command he performed one of the most gallant 
feats of the war, in the capture of the British sloop-of- 
war " Savage," in an engagement which lasted two 
hours, off Charleston, South Carolina. 

Captain William Greenway was appointed to com- 
mand the "Hornet" of the Pennsylvania Navy, 4 
July, 1777, having previously commanded the "Vul- 
ture" of the same fleet. 

Captain Robert Hardie was commissioned captain 

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of the ''Terror," of the same Navy, 27 March, 1776, 
and was transferred to the "Burke," 8 August, 1777. 

Captain Thomas Houston was first-lieutenant of 
the ''Franklin" of the Pennsylvania Navy from 2 
September, 1775, until 11 March, 1776, when he be- 
came captain of the "Warren." 

Captain Alexander Henderson became captain of 
the "Bull Dog," 2 October, 1775, and was transferred 
to the "Dickinson," 1 October, 1776. 

Captain Blathwait Jones was appointed, 15 Febru- 
ary, 1777, chief-engineer for building the fortifications 
at Billingsport, New Jersey, ordered by Congress, and 
was given the "Pay Rank and Rations of a Lieut. 
Colonel." 

Captain Robert Knox commanded one of the Phila- 
delphia battalions of militia, and was also one of the 
justices of the courts of Philadelphia. 

Captain Peter Long was the Quarter Master of the 
Pennsylvania Navy from its organization until 21 May, 
1776. 

Captain Benjamin Loxley commanded a company 
of artillery in 1775, and the next year was engaged 
in the manufacture of cannon for the army. 

Captain James Montgomery was appointed to com- 
mand the "Ranger," of the Pennsylvania Navy, 31 
August, 1775, and was transferred to the ' ' Chatham, ' ' 
29 May, 1776, resigned this command, 1 August follow- 
ing, to accept an appointment in the Continental 
service. 

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Captain Thomas Moore was made commander of 
the ''Hancock," of the Pennsylvania Navy, 10 October, 
1775. In August, 1777, he was placed in command of 
five vessels of the Navy, and was sent by the Naval 
Board to re-inforce the Continental Navy, upon request 
of the Continental Naval Board. 

Captain William Richards was appointed commis- 
sary of the Pennsylvania Naval Board, 9 May, 1776, 
having previously rendered important service on com- 
mittees in furthering the war. 

Captain Isaac Roach was commissioned second 
lieutenant of the ''Hancock," in the Pennsylvania 
Navy, 27 October, 1775; promoted first lieutenant of 
the "Franklin," 16 February, 1776; and captain of 
the "Congress," 28 September the same year. In 
April, 1777, he was transferred to the command of 
the "Delaware." 

Captain Jeremiah Simmons was commissioned first 
lieutenant of the "Warren," 19 September, 1775; 
became first lieutenant of an artillery company in the 
Philadelphia militia, 24 February, 1776, and on 1 
October, 1776, was appointed captain of the "Ar- 
nold," of the Pennsylvania Navy. 

Captain Joseph Stiles was commissary of Military 
Stores at Philadelphia, and in 1778 was chosen a 
Port Warden. 

Captain Lambert Tree who, by his early death was 
prevented the opportunity of winning laurels on the 
sea during the Revolution, left surviving him a 

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widow and two sons. He married at Philadelphia, 26 
March, 1764, Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, the widow 
of Gustavus Hamilton, and daughter of William and 
Margaret Donaldson, of Darby near Philadelphia. 
William Donaldson was one of the substantial citizens 
of Darby, where he appears to have resided as early 
as 1719. He held a number of public offices, and was 
a landed proprietor; Boone Island, opposite Philadel- 
phia, being one of his possessions, a portion of which 
he conveyed to James Eouse in 1757. By his wife 
Margaret he had a number of sons and daughters, in- 
cluding son Arthur Donaldson, a noted man in his 
day, who was a ship-builder, civil-engineer, and an 
inventor, and a man of large affairs and great public 
spirit. 

Previous to the Revolutionary War the wharfage 
accommodations of Philadelphia had become much im- 
paired by the accumulation of mud, and Arthur Don- 
aldson invented a dredging machine for cleaning and 
deepening docks, a description of which was given in 
the Pennsylvania Magazine of History for 1875. A 
committee of the American Philosophical Society, ap- 
pointed to examine the machine at work, recommended 
an award to the builder of one hundred pounds for 
his ingenuity. In 1785 he was granted by the General 
Assembly of Pennsylvania the exclusive privilege for 
a term of years, of making and using in the Delaware 
river this machine for cleaning docks. It was called 
* ' The Hippopotamus. ' ' He was also the inventor of a 

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balance lock, and his inventive abilities secured for him 
an offer from Robert Fulton of a partnership in his 
steamboat scheme.* 

Mr. Donaldson rendered valuable service to the 
cause of the patriots in the Revolutionary contest. 
On the request of the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 
he built and sunk the famous ''Cheveaux de Frieze" 
in the Delaware river at Mud Island below Philadel- 
phia, to obstruct the advance of the British by that 
route upon the city. The following are some of the 
minutes of the Council of Safety on the subject, found 
in the Colonial records of Pennsylvania : 

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE 
PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA 



Present : 



In Committee of Safety, 

Philad'a, 13th March, 1776. 

John Nixon,f Chairman, 
James Biddle, 
Owen Biddle, 
Robert Whyte, 
George Clymer, 



* ScharflF and Westcott'a History of Philadelphia, page 2338. 
f Colonel John Nixon was the first to read to the public the 
Declaration of Independence. 

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Thomas Wharton, jun'r, 
Samuel Howell, 
Daniel Eoberdeau, 
********* 

Resolved, That Arthur Donaldson be employed to 
launch the Cheveaux-de-Frieze built at Gloucester, and 
that he be fully authorized to procure anything for the 
purpose, hire persons under him, on the best and 
cheapest terms, and that he draw on this Board for the 
expense. 



Present : 



In Committee of Safety, 

Phila., 26th of March, 1776. 

John Nixon, Chairman, 
Owen Biddle, 
Jno. Cadwalader, 
Alex'r Wilcocks, 
Thomas Wharton, jun'r, 
Daniel Eoberdeau, 
Samuel Howell, 
James Biddle, 



Resolved, That Mr. 0. Biddle and Mr. Clymer em- 
ploy Arthur Donaldson to build two piers to sink, for 
fixing the Boom for obstructing the navigation of the 
passage at Fort Island. 

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Present : 



In Committee of Safety, 

Phil., 6th Apr., 1776. 

Geo. Clymer,* Chairman, 
James Mease, 
Owen Biddle, 
Sam'l Howell, 
Alex'r Wilcocks, 
James Biddle, 
Sam'l Morris, jun'r, 
Dan'l Eoberdeau. 



Resolved, That Capt. Rice and Mr. A. Donaldson 
be desired immediately to construct two Chevaux de 
Prize, for the purpose of stopping the passage between 
the Cheveaux de Prize now sunk, and that they be 
made in such form that they may float, when properly 
loaded for sinking. 

In Committee of Safety, 

Phila., 16th July, 1776. 

Owen Biddle, Chairman, 
George Clymer, 
Samuel Howell, 
Robert Morris, 
Thomas Wharton, jun'r. 



Present : 



• George Clymer was one of the Signers of the Declaration of 
Independence. 

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James Biddle, 
Alex'r Wilcocks, 
James Mease. 



Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Penrose and Mr. 
Arthur Donaldson be requested, and they are hereby 
authorized to fix the two Piers at their proper stations 
in the line of the upper Cheveaux de Frize, near Fort 
Island, and also to fasten the Boom thereto. 

In Council of Safety, 

Sept. 21st, 1776 

Thomas Wharton, jun'r President, 
Samuel Morris, sen'r, 
Henry Keppele, jun'r, 
James Cannon, 
Francis Gurney, 
Fred Kuhl, 
George Gray, 
John Bull, 
Timothy Matlack, 
John Weitzel, 
Joseph Blewer, 
John Hubley. 
******** Ik- 
Resolved, That Capt. Wm. Brown * be appointed 



• Captain William Brown was a member of the " Captains of 
Ship's Charitable Club." 

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Commander of the Floating Battery now building by 
Mr. Arthur Donaldson. 

Ordered, That Capt. Wm. Brown do raise men for 
the Floating Battery now building by Mr. Arthur 

Donaldson. 

In the construction of the floating batteries and 
Cheveaux de Frize it appears that Arthur Donaldson 
most effectively executed his work. Leake in his ' ' Life 
and Times of John Lamb," p. 192, inserts a letter 
written by Gen. H. Knox to Col. John Lamb, in which 
he says that ''the enemy have not yet been able to 
raise the Chevauz de Frize at Mud Island." 

It also is recorded in the published journals of Col. 
James Montresor and his son, Capt. John Montresor, 
two able and energetic officers of the Engineer Corps 
of Great Britain from 1757 to 1778, that several attacks 
were made at the point in the Delaware known as Mud 
Island, and that the floating batteries near Philadel- 
phia, Oct. 12, 1777, poured upon the British a very 
heavy cannonade. 

Philadelphia was evacuated by the British June 18, 
1778, and Arthur Donaldson's services were in 1784, 
after the close of the War, again called into requisition 
to remove the floating batteries and other obstructions 
which he had constructed in 1776 by order of the Com- 
mittee of Safety. 

The following are some of the minutes of the Su- 
preme Executive Council on the subject, as found in 
the Pennsylvania Colonial records : 

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MINUTES OF THE SUPEEME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 

The Council met, Phil., Mon., May 3rd, 1784. 
Present : 

His Excellency John Dickinson Esq., President, 
The Hon. James Irvine, 
George Wall, junior, 
John McDowell, 
Sebastian Levan, 
Stephen Balliott, 
Samuel John Atlee, 
Esquires. 
********* 

The following orders were drawn on the treasurer, 
to wit: 

In favor of Levi Hollingsworth and Arthur Donald- 
son, for eleven hundred pounds to be by them applied 
in removing or destroying the Cheveaux de Frize in 
the river Delaware, to be paid out of the duties which 
have arisen by the late Impost laws, according to reso- 
lution of the General Assembly dated the twenty-fourth 
day of Sept., 1783. 

********* 

Articles of agreement for removing or destroying 
the Cheveaux de Frize in the river Delaware, were this 
day signed by his Excellency the President, in behalf 
of the Commonwealth, on the one part, and by Arthur 
Donaldson and Levi Hollingsworth, on the other part. 
And at the same time a bond was executed by the said 

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Arthur Donaldson and Levi Hollingsworth, for their 
faithful performance of the said agreement. 

MINUTES OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 

The Council met, Phil, Wed., May 26th, 1784. 
Present : 

His Excellency John Dickinson Esq., President, 
The Hon. James Ewing Esq., Vice-president, 
James Irvine, 
John McDowell, 
Stephen Balliott, 
Samuel John Atlee, 
John Boyd, 
Esquires. 
Ordered, That the Wardens of the Port of Phila- 
delphia be directed to deliver to Messieurs Arthur 
Donaldson and Levi Hollingsworth, the vessel pur- 
chased by them for the purpose of removing the Che- 
veaux de frize, and such of her materials as may be 
judged necessary to enable the said Arthur Donaldson 
and Levi Hollingsworth to prosecute their plan for 
removing or destroying the Cheveaux de frize. 

MINUTES OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 

The Council met, 

Phil., Wed., Oct. 27th, 1784. 
Present : 

His Excellency John Dickinson Esq., President, 
The Hon. James Irvine, 

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Jolin McDowell, 
John Boyd, 
John Neville, 
Stephen Balliott, and 
Eichard McCallister, 
Esquires. 

A certificate from the Wardens of the Port of Phila- 
delphia, of the twenty-sixth instant, respecting the 
removal of the Cheveaux de frize, was received and 
read, and is as follows, to wit : 

Port of Philadelphia, 

Warden's Office, 

October 26th, 1784. 
We do certify that Messrs. Levi Hollingsworth and 
Arthur Donnaldson, have not only removed the des- 
troyed forty-nine Cheveaux de frize, but from the re- 
ports, employed in sweeping the bed of the river in the 
neighborhood of Mud Island and Billingsport, we have 
reason to believe that they also removed all the frames 
that were obstructions, and that the navigation in both 
the eastern and western channel is rendered perfectly 
safe. Francis Gurney, 

Nathaniel Falconer, 
Samuel Caldwell, 
John Hazlewood, 
George Ord, 
Joseph Bullock. 

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Upon which it was 

Ordered, That a letter be written to Messieurs 
Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollingsworth, in the 
following words, viz.: 

In Council, Phil., Oct. 27th, 1784. 
Gentlemen : — The certificate of the Wardens of the 
Port gives us great satisfaction, and we have drawn 
an order for the payment of the ballance due to you. 

We cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of express- 
ing, upon this occasion, our sense of the attention and 
ingenuity exerted in removing the Cheveaux de frize, 
and of the very great service thereby rendered to our 
fellow citizens. 

I am with much respect, gentlemen, 

Your obedient and very humble servant, 

John Dickinson. 

Messrs. Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollingsworth. 
Ordered, That the foregoing certificate from the 
Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, and letter to 
Messieurs Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollingsworth 
be published. 

Arthur Donaldson, on the 15th of September, 1763, 
married Elizabeth Kaighn, who was a member of the 
prominent family of the Susmans in New Jersey. 

In the Philadelphia directory of 1795 appears the 
name of ''Arthur Donaldson, Gentleman, South Sec- 

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ond street, East Side, No. 183, between Spruce and 
Pine." 

Facsimile of tlie autograph of Arthur Donaldson, 
as witness to the will of his nephew, Weston Clark. 




Andrew Donaldson, another son of William and 
Margaret Donaldson of Darby, was also a ship-builder 
as well as a sea-captain. He married Eleanor Toy, 
1762. 

William Donaldson was a third son. He married 
December 31, 1770, Sarah Griscomb, the fourth 
daughter of Samuel and Eebecca Griscomb. Her sis- 
ter, commonly known in history as ''Betsy Ross," 
made the first American flag. Margaret Donaldson, 
the daughter of William and Sarah Griscomb Donald- 
son, was born on Queen Street, Philadelphia, 10 Jan- 
uary, 1776; married Joseph Boggs in 1794, and died, 
at the advanced age of 106 years. One of the 
daughters of William and Margaret Donaldson of 
Darby, named Eleanor, married William Pullerton, 
in 1765. He was a prominent citizen of Philadelphia. 
Ann Donaldson, another daughter, married James 
Clark, a well-known and wealthy citizen of the same 
city, 10 February, 1764, and their son, Weston Clark, 
by his will dated 10 April, 1786. devised a large 
estate including a handsome bequest to his ''aunt" 

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Margaret Tree. Mary was still another daughter of 
William and Margaret Donaldson. She married James 
Brown of Philadelphia, 22 January, 1763. 

Margaret Donaldson, as heretofore stated, was a 
widow at the time of her marriage to Captain Lambert 
Tree, having been married four years previously, that 
is, on the 2 February 1760, to Gustavus Hamilton, of 
Philadelphia, who died shortly afterwards. There was 
no issue from the first marriage. By the second mar- 
riage, to Captain Tree, there were two children, John 
and Lambert. 

After fourteen years of widowhood, Margaret Don- 
aldson Tree married for the third time, becoming the 
wife of Nicholas Van Wickle, of New Jersey, then a 
widower and father of Judge Jacob J. Van Wickle. 
There was no issue from the last marriage. She died 
on the 21st of August, 1802, and in a letter written to 
her son Lambert the next day by the Eev. John Croes, 
rector of Christ church, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 
and afterward bishop of that State, he announced her 
death in the following terms: 

New Brunswick, Aug. 22, 1802. 
Sir: 

I have the mournful and unpleasant task to inform 
you of the death of your mother, Mrs. Margaret Van 
Wickle, who died last evening at her residence at Mr. 
Nickolas Van Wickle 's about seven o'clock. Her 
death was sudden. About ten minutes before, she was 

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sitting in the entry nearly as well as usual. Feeling 
some pain in her head, she went into a contiguous room 
and laid herself on a bed and in a few minutes expired. 
I saw her corpse this day about ten o 'clock, which was 
to be interred at two. It was very much changed. It 
ought to be a great consolation to you and those con- 
nected with you, and should moderate your grief, that 
she was a pious, exemplary Christian ; and supported 
a singularly good character among her extensive 
acquaintance. 

I write this at the request of Mr. Jacob Van Wickle, 
who had not time to write before I left his house. My 
own want of time obliges me to be thus brief. 

Hoping that this melancholy event may have a 
proper and salutary effect upon the minds of her chil- 
dren, and that it may finally produce in them the 
peaceable fruits of righteousness, I subscribe myself, 
Your most obedient servant, 
John Croes, 

Eector, Christ Church, 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
To Mr. Lambert Tree, 

Care of Mr. Dowers, 
Philadelphia. 

Captain John Tree, the eldest son of Captain Lam- 
bert Tree by his wife Margaret Donaldson, was born 
at Philadelphia, 11 February, 1772, and was baptized 
at the First Presbyterian Church in that city, 17 May 

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following. He inlierited the proclivities of his father, 
and adopted his calling as a mariner. In due course 
of time he also became a captain, and commanded 
numerous ships sailing out of the port of Philadelphia. 
On 20 June, 1794, he married at the First Baptist 
Church, Philadelphia, Rebecca, daughter of Adam 
Karn, which fact is shown by the records of that 
church, and by the following certificate of marriage 
given by the minister performing the ceremony : 

''This certifies whom it may concern that Mr. 
John Tree and Miss Rebecca Karn, both of the City 
of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, were 
legally joined together in the holy bands of matrimony 
on the 20th of June, A.D. 1794, by me, 

Thomas Ustick, V.D.M." 

Mrs. Tree was connected with the well-known 
Breintnall family of Philadelphia, which had its origin 
in David Breintnall, a Quaker merchant, who came to 
Pennsylvania from England, in 1683, and was the 
father of Joseph Breintnall, Esq., one of the founders, 
with Benjamin Franklin, of the historic "Junto," in 
1727, and the High Sheriff of Philadelphia, in 1735, 
1736, and 1737. Captain Tree died at Philadelphia, 
circa, 1814, and Mrs. Tree died at Washington, D. C, 
12 July, 1850. 

The children of Captain John Tree by his wife Re- 
becca Karn, were: 

1. John Tree, who died in infancy. 

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ii. Lambert Tree, born 14 October, 1799 ; died 19 De- 
cember, 1881; married Laura Matilda Burrows. 
(See page 69.) 

iii. Maegaket Tree; married Augustus H. Osborne, 
Esquire, a cotton merchant of New Orleans, 
Louisiana. She died many years ago, and no 
issue now survives her. 

iv. Ann Jane Breintnall Tree; married at Phila- 
delphia, 8 June, 1822, Peter France Gai, a native 
of Italy, and a merchant at Philadelphia. He 
died a few years after marriage, leaving two chil- 
dren. She married some years later, General 
William Patton, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, whom 
she survived, dying at the age of eighty-three 
years. 

v. Mary Tree; married William M. Tileston, Es- 
quire, a merchant of New York. Mr. Tileston 
was a brother of Thomas Tileston, a partner of 
the noted firm of Spofford & Tileston, ship 
owners and shipping merchants of New York. 
A number of children were the result of the mar- 
riage. Frances, the oldest daughter, married 
Robert B. Potter, a brother of Clarkson and 
Bishop Henry Potter of New York. Mr. Potter 
was a lawyer of distinction, and at the outbreak 
of the Civil War, entered the army and rose to 
the rank of major-general. Mrs. Potter died 
young but left a daughter who married James L. 

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Breeze, of New York. Meta, another daughter of 
Mary Tree by Mr. Tileston, is the wife of Edward 
D. Pearsall, Esquire, of the same city. There 
were four sons, only one of whom Thomas Tiles- 
ton, Esquire, survives. Of the sons, two of them, 
Thomas and Arthur, entered the army, and served 
with distinction throughout the Civil War. 
Thomas, at the end of the war, was a captain of 
infantry, and Arthur, a major in a cavalry-regi- 
ment. Thomas married, Mary, daughter of 
Charles Jefferson Hendee, of Boston, Massachu- 
setts, and sister of Admiral George Hendee, of 
the United States Navy. 
vi. Arthur Donaldson Tree. (See page 82.) 

Lambert Tree, the second son of Captain Lambert 
Tree, resided in Philadelphia, where he died in 1839. 
He was a manufacturer of sails and other vessel equip- 
ments. He had large sail lofts, and did an extensive 
business. On his retirement to private life, he took 
with him a substantial fortune. He married Elizabeth 
Evans. His will, dated 25 February, 1835, and proved 
at Philadelphia, 12 December, 1839, names nine chil- 
dren. His daughter Ellen married John Edward 
Kendall, of Washington, a nephew of Amos Kendall, 
who was a publicist and stateman of national reputa- 
tion in his day, and Postmaster General in the cabinet 
of President Martin Van Buren. John Blake Kendall, 
the only surviving child of the marriage of John Ed- 

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ward Kendall and Ellen Tree, is a merchant, and 
resides at Washington, D. C. Another daughter, 
Elizabeth Tree, married George Grant, a merchant of 
Philadelphia, and her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Grant 
Thomas, with her husband and children, of whom there 
are two sons, now reside at Philadelphia. 

Lambert Tree, Esquire, the second son of Captain 
John Tree, and grandson of Captain Lambert Tree, 
was bom at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 14 October, 
1799, and died at Washington, D. C, 19 December, 
1881. When twenty-one years old he removed from 
his native city to Washington, where he took up his 
residence, remaining there until his death. In a paper 
read by him at the meeting of the '^ Oldest Inhabitants' 
Association," of Washington, held 7 April, 1880, he 
gives an interesting account of his journey from Phila- 
delphia to the Capital of the country, and his impres- 
sions of its appearance at the time of his arrival 
there. Among other things he says : 

''I departed from Philadelphia at one o'clock p.m., 
November 1st, 1820, by steamer to New Castle, Dela- 
ware; from thence by stage to Frenchtown, and from 
there to Baltimore by steamer, arriving at the latter 
place at seven a.m. On the morning of November 2, 
I left Baltimore by stage at eight a.m., arriving at 
Washington at seven p.m. of the same day. Thus 59 
years ago I traveled thirty hours to make a distance 
which I have often since made in four to five hours. 



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The city as seen at this time from the parapet of the 
Capitol presented to the eye a view of open fields, with 
here and there a house or small cluster of houses. 
The Capitol itself was in a most dilapidated condition, 
the result of the occupation of the city by the British 
in 1814. The streets were country roads, and side- 
walks were not common. 

*'0n the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, from 
1st to 6th street, was a graveled footpath. Tiber 
creek was crossed by a small bridge protected by a 
hand rail to keep pedestrians from falling in. The 
south side of the avenue, now lined with business 
houses and hotels, was then only flanked by the canal, 
which at 3d street emptied into Tiber creek. The side- 
walk on the north side of the Avenue from 6th to 7th 
street, was paved with brick; from 7th to 9th street 
on the north side, with gravel walk, and from 9th to 
10th street, a brick pavement; from 10th to 14th 
street, a gravel walk, and from 14th to 15th, a pave- 
ment; from there to Georgetown, a gravel walk. F 
street northwest was then deemed the boundary of the 
city, and almost all the ground beyond that point was 
occupied by fields of com or wheat, or, when not under 
cultivation, overgrown with scrub oak and briar 
bushes. The Island, or South Washington, had but 
few residences, the larger part of the land being under 
cultivation ; and I have often heard in that section the 
negroes singing while engaged in shocking corn or 
stripping tobacco. Capitol Hill was almost as sparsely 

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settled as the Island. The population at the time was 
between 12,000 and 15,000." 

Soon after his arrival in Washington, Lambert 
Tree entered the postal service of the Government, in 
which he remained sixty years continuously, and was 
for some time assistant postmaster of the Capital 
City. He married at that city, 13 February, 1823, 
Laura Matilda Burrows, born at Washington, 4 July, 
1804 ; died there, 3 July, 1860. She was a daughter of 
Joseph Burrows by his wife Sarah Jeffers. Her 
father was a citizen of Pennsylvania, and a function- 
ary of the Federal Government at Philadelphia. When 
the Capital was removed in 1800 to Washington, he 
came with it, being still in the public service. 

Joseph Burrows, like the Donaldsons and Trees, 
also belonged to colonial and Revolutionary stock. 
His grandfather, John Burrows, is said to have emi- 
grated from England at an early period, and soon 
afterwards settled in the vicinity of what is now Rah- 
way. New Jersey. His father, also named John Bur- 
rows, was born at Rahway in 1719, and on 11 March, 
1753, married, Lois, daughter of the Reverend Na- 
thaniel HubbelL* By this marriage there were five 
sons, all born in New Jersey. Before the Revolution- 



* Mr. Hubbell was graduated at Yale College in 1723 ; became a 
Presbyterian clergyman; was the first pastor of the Hanover Pres- 
byterian church, Morris County, New Jersey, and preached for some 
years at Eahway, in that state. He died in Lebanon, Hunterdon 
County, same state, in 1761. 

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ary War, John Burrows removed to Bucks county, 
Pennsylvania, and at the opening of that struggle, he 
and his five sons joined the side of the patriots. One 
of the sons was taken prisoner by the British while 
serving in the army, and was confined in a military 
prison in New York, where he died. Another fell while 
fighting under General Baron De Kalb, and a third, 
who had entered the navy, was with Captain Nicholas 
Biddle on board the Randolph, which was blown up in 
the fight with H.M.S. Yarmouth, when every soul on 
board perished. The remaining sons, Nathaniel Bur- 
rows, born 4 February, 1756, and John Burrows, born 
15 May, 1760, survived the war, and late in life were in 
receipt of pensions from the United States, on account 
of their Revolutionary services. 

John Burrows, some years after the close of the 
war, removed to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 
where he continued to reside during the remainder 
of his life. He possessed all the sturdy qualities of the 
American of those days, and was a man most highly 
respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens. He 
held at different times amongst other positions, those 
of justice of the peace, county commissioner. State 
senator, prothonotary of the court of common pleas, 
register of wills, recorder of deeds, clerk of the courts, 
and major-general of the Ninth Division of the Penn- 
sylvania Militia. 

At the age of seventy-seven. General Burrows, at 
the request of his children, grandchildren, and great- 

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grandchildren, wrote a brief but very interesting 
sketch of his life. In telling the story of his partici- 
pation in the Revolution, he writes : 

''When the news that the British had landed on 
Long Island came, my four brothers and myself joined 
the militia, and when our tour expired, we joined the 
"Flying Camp," and were with the army on Long 
Island at the time of the retreat. Two of my brothers 
were taken at Fort Washington, and the rest of us 
returned with the remnant of the retreating army to 
Pennsylvania, the British being close on our heels 
all the way until we crossed the Delaware. 

"General Washington lay about two weeks at my 
father's house opposite Trenton, then removed to 
Newtown, the county seat of Bucks, from which place 
he marched with his little army on Christmas morning 
1776 and crossed the Delaware that night nine miles 
above Trenton. I crossed with him and assisted in the 
taking of the Hessians the next morning. The prison- 
ers were conveyed across the river, and we remained 
in Jersey until that day week, the 2d of January, and 
marched that night at twelve o'clock up the Bandpink 
Creek and arrived at Stoney Brook, about one mile 
from Princeton, at sunrise. In ascending the hill to 
the town to the right of the main road there was an 
extensive thorn hedge, and when we got pretty near 
to it the whole British force that lay at Princeton, 
concealing themselves in ambush behind the hedge, 
rose and fired. The Philadelphia militia were in front, 

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and gave way, but were rallied again by Gens. Cad- 
walader and Mifflin. After the enemy were driven 
from the hedge, there being but one gate in the hedge 
to pass through in order to pursue them. Gen. Mercer 
in advance with a small party was first through the 
gate. The enemy observing it, rushed back to the 
charge and bayoneted the General and 12 others be- 
fore they could be relieved. Part of the army moved 
swiftly to the right around the hedge, and got ahead 
of part of the enemy and captured 500 of them. 

''While we were collecting our dead and wounded 
the advance of the main British army that we had left 
in the night at Trenton fired on some men that were 
sent to cut the bridge down over Stoney Brook. We 
now moved on with our prisoners. The British forded 
Stoney Brook and pursued us. We were again fired 
on, cutting the bridge down at Kingston, three miles 
from Princeton. After pursuing our corps for some 
six or seven miles on the road to Brunswick we turned 
off the main road to elude the pursuit of the enemy 
and halted at Pluckenin for refreshments, where we 
interred the dead with honors of war and had the 
wounds of the wounded dressed. 

''From this place I returned home, and after stay- 
ing a short time to rest I returned and joined the army 
at Morristown as an express rider at $40 per month. 
Our army lay this summer, 1777, in Jersey. We had 
several skirmishes with the enemy. At one of them 
Gen. Sterling's division composing Maxwell's and 

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Conoway's brigades, was severely handled at Short 
Hills, a few miles from Brunswick. 

"When the British appeared in the Chesapeake 
we crossed the Delaware to Pennsylvania. The Brit- 
ish landed at the head of Elk River and marched for 
Philadelphia. We met them at Brandywine Creek 
at a place called Chad's Ford, and a battle ensued 
between the hostile armies, the result of which is well 
known, though some trifling errors are committed and 
incidents omitted in history that might be interesting 
to many at this stage, and which I find to be the case 
in every battle that I was in during the War. 

"After the battle our army retreated and was pur- 
sued by the British through different parts of Chester 
County, but had no fighting except at the Paoli with 
Gen. Wayne's brigade, after which the British steered 
their course for Philadelphia and stationed a part of 
their army at Germantown, and Gen. Washington en- 
camped at a place called The Trap, about 25 miles from 
Philadelphia. 

"Gen. Washington soon perceived the evils of suf- 
fering the enemy to keep possession of the country as 
well as the city, and the advantage they had in their 
depredations upon the inhabitants and in supplying 
themselves with every necessary they wanted. He 
was determined to deprive them of that advantage 
and accordingly moved from Trap with his whole force 
and attacked them at Germantown, driving them more 
than a mile, when two circumstances occurred to im- 

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pede our onward course. The enemy filled a strong 
stone house with soldiers, with two field pieces, which 
we ineffectually tried to get possession of; and the 
other was that Gen. Stevens of Virginia, laid back 
on the left wing of the army. Cornwallis arriving in 
the meantime with the whole British force from the 
city, we were compelled to retreat, and the enemy 
pursued us for several miles. The move had how- 
ever the desired effect, for it confined them to the city 
thereafter. 

''We lay then about two weeks at White Marsh, 
15 miles from Philadelphia, then crossed the Schuyl- 
kill and lay a few days on the hills near the Gulph 
Mills, and then went into winter quarters at Valley 
Forge. 

''About two weeks before we left Valley Forge I 
was at home at my father's on furlough, and while 
I was there the British sent a gunboat with 500 or 600 
men up the Delaware, evidently with the special pur- 
pose of burning the valuable buildings belonging to 
Col. Joseph Kirkbride, an active and zealous Whig. 
The gunboat ran aground on a bar in the river. I 
fell in with a company of the artillery that belonged 
in Trenton, and we went as near to the gunboat as we 
could on the Jersey shore and fired into her the whole 
time she lay aground, and she fired her 32-pounder at 
us until the tide raised and floated her off, when she 
steered her course down the river. 

"The land troops after they had burned up the 

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entire buildings of Col. Kirkbride, consisting of a fine 
dwelling-house, a barn, glass house, and outbuildings 
of every description, marched by land for Bristol, 
where they embarked again for Philadelphia. We 
crossed the river to pursue them. I stopped with two 
others of the company to view the ruins of Kirkbride 's 
buildings, and my stopping there enabled me to pre- 
vent the destruction of other buildings equally valua- 
ble as Kirkbride 's belonging to Thomas Roche, a vio- 
lent Tory. Kirkbride and he lived about a quarter of 
a mile apart on the bank of the river opposite Borden- 
town. They were both rich, and had large posses- 
sions. While viewing the ruins we observed a British 
soldier lying drunk with wine from Kirkbride 's cellar, 
and while securing him I saw a skiff coming across 
the river and a man rowing it without a hat, appear- 
ing to be in great haste. I observed to the two men 
who stopped with me, that I thought he was bent on 
mischief, — that his object was to burn Roche's build- 
ings by way of retaliation. 

"As soon as the boat struck the shore he jumped 
out with a bottle of oakum under his arm and made 
towards Roche's. I observed to the men with me that 
we must not suffer it to be done. They replied "Let 
him burn up the damned Tory. ' ' I however prevailed 
upon them to go with me to Roche's, and we prevented 
him from executing his purpose. Roche and the family 
were very much alarmed, and one of the daughters 
fainted. Roche rolled out a quarter of a cask of wine 

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to us. The fellow swore he would go back and get a 
force strong enough. He did go back to Bordentown, 
and came back with two more besides himself. We 
still prevented and deterred them from performing 
the act, stayed there all night until a guard of men 
was procured to protect him, and his property saved. 
This act of mine in riper years has given me satis- 
faction. 

''I returned to Valley Forge, and when it was 
known that the British were about to leave Philadel- 
phia and go by land through Jersey to New York we 
left Valley Forge, crossed the Delaware and came 
up with the enemy at Monmouth, where during the 
action my horse fell dead under me, and Gen. Wash- 
ington presented me with another very good one, and 
when I informed him that I wished to leave the army 
he gave me a certificate of my good behavior while 
with him. During 14 months that I was with him in 
this capacity I was a member of his household, except 
when I conveyed his despatches, and witnessed much 
of the great, the good, the prudent and the virtuous 
man that it would be vanity in me to attempt with 
my feeble pen to describe with any hope of doing 
justice to his character. 

* ^ From Monmouth I returned home and things not 
looking very comfortable there I concluded to come 
to Trenton. Having lost nothing of my military spirit 
and zeal for the cause of my country, I joined a volun- 
teer company of artillery that I had been with in 

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firing at the British gunboat, and was out with the 
company every summer during the four years I resided 
in Trenton, and one winter's campaign. During one 
of these summers I was at the battle of Springfield in 
Jersey, and tliis was the seventh battle I was in during 
the war, besides several skirmishes, one of which I 
have just related." 

John Burrows, the father of General John Bur- 
rows last mentioned, married four times. After the 
death of his first wife, Lois Hubbell, he married, 30 
April, 1776, Sarah Morgan, widow, daughter of 
Josiah Wood ; * and the only issue of this marriage 
was Joseph Burrows, the father of Laura Matilda 
Burrows, wife of Lambert Tree. After the death of 
Sarah Morgan, he married, 26 March, 1779, Sarah 
Roberts, widow, daughter of Jabeth Wood. The issue 
of this third marriage was one son, Charles Burrows. 
On the death of the third wife, he married, 6 December, 
1803, Elizabeth McGhee, widow, daughter of John 
Newman, and by her had two sons, Charles and 
Samuel. He died at Washington City, at the ad- 
vanced age of ninety-eight years, and was buried in 
the churchyard of the Rock Creek Church, near the 
church itself, which is an interesting edifice of the 
colonial period. 

Joseph Burrows, the father of the wife of Lambert 
Tree, married, 16 December, 1787, Sarah Jeffers, and 

* Josiah Wood, of Falls Township, Bucks County, made his will 
24 March, 1764, in which he names his daughter, Sarah Morgan. 

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by her had six children, as follows: Sarah, Susan, 
Catharine, Mary Ann, Laura Matilda, and Joseph. 
They all married except Susan. He survived his wife 
many years, and died at Washington, 16 January, 
1837, at the age of seventy. 

A few years after he established his residence at 
Washington, following the custom of most of the heads 
of families who had the means to do so, he purchased 
two young negroes, named respectively ''Jerry" and 
"Lucy," who were carefully reared in his family and 
concerning whom the following entries appear in his 
family bible under the head of births, amongst the 
other family entries. 

"Jerry (Black boy) was born June 1804, bought of 
Mr. Haggis July 1811." 

"Lucy (Black girl) was born September 21st, 1806, 
bought of Mr. Plummer Walters August 14, 1812." 

Both of these slaves he subsequently emancipated. 
For Jerry, after he grew up, he also procured an ap- 
pointment as messenger in the Post Office Department, 
which position he filled up to his death at an advanced 
age. Jerry married and left issue. Lucy, the black 
girl, also married and became the mother of a large 
family of children. Both of them were most estimable 
persons of excellent character, and many of their 
descendants are doubtless still residing in Washing- 
ton. Although their freedom was given to them by 
Joseph Burrows while they were quite young, they, 
throughout their lives, considered themselves as a part 

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of his family. They expected to be present at the 
family weddings and christenings, and carriages were 
always provided for them and their children at Bur- 
rows ' funerals, while they never failed to offer Christ- 
mas greetings and receive their share of presents. 
These visits at Christmas tide, they kept up through- 
out the lives of the children of Joseph Burrows, and 
the wife of Lambert Tree was always '' Miss Laura " 
and '' the Lady Bountiful " to them and their children, 
while " Dr. Joe Burrows " brought their children into 
the world and attended them in. all their ailments. 

Joseph Burrows, the younger, was one of the first 
graduates of the Columbian College at Washington, 
now known as the Columbian or George Washington 
University, and of which his father, Joseph Burrows, 
was one of the founders. He subsequently studied 
mediciue and became one of the most eminent physi- 
cians of Washington. He died May 30th, 1889, at the 
age of eighty-two. He married Katherine Z. Ironside, 
of New York, 9th September, 1841. 

Lambert Tree, by his wife, Laura Matilda Bur- 
rows, had eight children, three of whom died in in- 
fancy. The other five, were: 
i. Joseph B. Tree, born 18 January, 1828; mar- 
ried, 14 February, 1850, Frances, daughter of Ben- 
jamin Evans, Esquire, and was blessed with 
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. 
During most of his active life, and until his retire- 
ment, he was associated with the Western Union 

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Telegraph Company, as an important official of 
that corporation. One of his two sons, Lambert, 
died in infancy, and the other, Joseph, as he was 
approaching manhood. His eldest daughter, 
Mary, married Adam Grey, Esquire, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, and has a numerous family. His youngest 
daughter, Eleanor, recently married Hilliard Rus- 
sel. Esquire, of Virginia. 

ii. Lambert Tree, born 29 November, 1832; [seep. 84]. 

iii. Charles Morgan Tree, born 15 July, 1845. He 
was graduated from Georgetown College, studied 
medicine, and became a physician. He was a bright 
light in his profession at Washington, which place 
he chose as the field of his professional labors, but 
died in the prime of life, while on the road to high 
position in his calling. He never married. 

iv. Ellen Fullerton Tree. 

V. Jennie Tree; married, 21 July, 1864, Franklin 
Eives, son of John C. Rives, who was a partner of 
the elder Francis P. Blair * in the conduct of the 
Congressional Globe at Washington. 

Lieutenant Arthur Donaldson Tree, the youngest 
son of Captain John Tree by his wife Rebecca Karn, 
was appointed by President Polk, second-lieutenant of 



* Francis P. Blair was the father of Honorable Montgomery Blair, 
Post-Master-General of the United States under President Lincoln, and 
General Frank P. Blair, a distinguished officer of the army in the 
Civil War. 

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the Second regiment of Dragoons, United States Army. 
This command, now designated as the Second Cavalry, 
was organized just before the outbreak of the Florida 
War, and its brilliant and glorious record, from that 
time to the present, makes it one of the most historic 
regiments in the army. In the Mexican War it was 
alternately with the columns of General Zachary Tay- 
lor and General Winfield Scott, and saw much severe 
fighting in Mexico, as it did in all the Indian outbreaks 
on the frontier, and throughout the Civil War. Lieu- 
tenant Tree was breveted first lieutenant for gallant 
and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras 
and Cherubusco, 20 August, 1847, and was severely 
wounded in the battle of El Molino del Rey. Major 
Edwin V. Sumner, of the Second Dragoons, officially 
reports the conduct of his command in the latter action^ 
in the following words : 

''My command consisted of the two troops of the 
2d Dragoons, one troop of the 3d Dragoons, under the 
command of Lieutenant C. A. Williams, and Capt. 
Ruff's company of mounted riflemen; in all about 270 
men. My orders were to take the position on the left 
of our line, to hold in check the enemy's cavalry, and 
to give a blow to their horse or not as opportunity 
should offer. In taking up my position I was com- 
pelled to pass within pistol shot of a large body of the 
enemy, who were protected by a ditch on my left, 
which it was impossible to cross until I got close to 
their line, and I could not pause at that moment, as a 

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very large body of the enemy's cavalry was advancing 
toward the left of our line. After passing through 
this fire and crossing a ravine I found my command 
in line facing the enemy's cavalry. . . . My loss 
in passing their line of fire was very severe, viz : five 
officers and 33 soldiers wounded and 7 soldiers killed ; 
27 horses killed and 77 wounded. Capt. Ker second 
dragoons, 1st Lieut. Walker, of the Rifles, and 2d 
Lieuts. Smith and Tree of the 2d dragoons, and 2d 
Lieut. Williams of the 3d dragoons, were wounded. 

"My officers and men maintained their character 
for steadiness and confidence throughout the action." 

After the close of the Mexican War, Lieutenant 
Tree saw extended service on the frontier; was in 
many expeditions against the Indians, including the 
very important one in 1855, commanded by Brevet- 
Brigadier-General Harney against the Sioux; 11 Oc- 
tober, 1851, Lieutenant Tree was promoted first 
lieutenant in the Second Dragoons. He never married, 
and died 2 February, 1857, at Fort Riley, where he was 
stationed. A handsome monument marks his grave 
in the military cemetery at that post. 

Honorable Lambert Tree, the second son of Lam- 
bert Tree by his wife Laura Matilda Burrows, was 
born at Washington, D. C, 29 November, 1832. He 
studied law; was graduated LL.B., at the University 
of Virginia in 1855, and was admitted to the bar the 
same year at Washington. Soon after his admission, 

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he removed to Chicago, Illinois, to engage there in 
practice in his profession, and has continued to reside 
in that city since his arrival, 12 Fehruary, 1856. In 
1864 he was elected and served a term as president of 
the Chicago Law Institute. In 1870 he was elected a 
judge of the Circuit Court, and on the expiration of his 
term was re-elected. In 1885 he received the Demo- 
cratic vote in the joint session of the General Assembly 
of Illinois for United States Senator, but was finally 
defeated by one vote by General John A. Logan, the 
Republican candidate. Later the same year, he was 
appointed by President Cleveland, United States Min- 
ister to Belgium, and represented his country at that 
post until his transfer two years later to St. Peters- 
burg as Minister to Russia. In 1889 he himself re- 
quested his own recall. In January, 1891, President 
Harrison nominated Judge Tree, and the Senate con- 
firmed him as one of the American members of the In- 
ternational Monetary Conference which sat in Wash- 
ington in the winter and spring of 1891-92. He took 
an active part in the debates and formulated the reso- 
lution finally adopted by the Conference. 

Judge Tree was one of those for whom ballots were 
cast for nomination to the Vice-Presidency of the 
United States, in the National Democratic Convention 
in 1892. He has always lived a very active life, and 
is a director or trustee in numerous institutions, pub- 
lic and private. Among others, he is associated with 
the Newbury Library as a life trustee, and with the 

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Chicago Historical Society as one of its vice-presidents. 
He is an incorporator of the National American Red 
Cross, and organized the Illinois branch of that So- 
ciety, of which he is a vice-president. He was for 
several years president of the Historical State Library 
of Illinois, and is an officer of the Legion of Honor of 
France; grand officer of the Belgian National Order 
of Leopold, and a member of the Society of Sons of 
the American Revolution. He is also a director of 
the Merchants Loan and Trnst Company, the Chicago 
Edison Company, and other corporations. He has 
besides found time for literary work, and is the author 
of numerous magazine and newspaper articles on a 
variety of subjects of public interest. 

On 24 November, 1859, Judge Tree married Anna 
Josephine Magie, daughter of Haines H. Magie, Es- 
quire, one of the founders of Chicago, who settled 
there in 1832. Mr. Magie was a native of New Jersey, 
and a younger brother of the Reverend Dr. David 
Magie, a distinguished Presbyterian divine, who pre- 
sided over the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, 
New Jersey, for more than half a century, and was for 
many years and until his death, a trustee of Princeton 
University. Mrs. Tree's first cousin. Honorable 
William H. Magie, has been for many years Chancellor 
of New Jersey, and was previously Chief Justice of 
the Supreme Court of that State. Mrs. Tree died 8 
October, 1903. There were two children born of the 
marriage of Lambert Tree and Anna Josephine Magie : 

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i. James Mandeville Caklisle Tree, born at Paris, 
France, 5 December, 1861; died in infancy. 

ii. Arthur Magie Tree, born at Chicago, Illinois, 1 
July, 1863 ; married, 1 January, 1891, Ethel Field, 
daughter of Marshall Field, Esquire. Three chil- 
dren were born of this marriage : 
i. Lambert Tree ; died in infancy, 
ii. Gladys Tree ; died in infancy, 
iii. Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree, born 26 
September, 1897. 



APPENDIX 



LIST OF NAMES OF MEMBERS BELONGING TO THE 
SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR AND DIS- 
TRESSED MASTERS OF SHIPS, THEIR WIDOWS 
AND CHILDREN. FROM 1765 TO 1812. 



Names 



Time of Entry Names 



Time of Entet 



Appowen, Samuel July 1765 

AsHMORE, Andrew July 1765 

Atkinson, George July 1765 

Alexander, Charles. October 1765 

AsHMEAD, John July 1766 

Alibone, Willlvm July 1766 

Allison, Ashley October 1766 

Alberson, Rickloff . October 1766 

Anderson, John July 1767 

Adams, Robert October 1767 

Adamson, William April 1770 

Anderson, James April 1771 

Allen, William October 1772 

All, Isaac July 1776 

Angus, John January 1779 

Anderson, Thomas. . .October 1787 

Atkins, Philip April 1794 

Andaulle, Anthony. . . .April 1796 

Armstrong, John October 1796 

Alcorn, Michael January 1797 

Arnold, Andrew April 1797 

Arnold, Thomas July 1798 

Alfton, John January 1804 

Bowes, Hugh July 1765 

Brown, Joseph July 1765 

Budden, William July 1765 

Burrows, John, Sr July 1765 

Bunting, Samuel July 1765 

Baston, Thomas July 1765 

Barnes, William.. July 1765 

Blair, James January 1766 

Brown, Patrick January 1766 

Blewer, Joseph April 1766 

Boon, William July 1766 



Bridges, George July 1766 

Burrows, Arthur July 1766 

Bolitho, John, Sr July 1767 

Barry, John January 1769 

Biddle, Charles . . . .January 1769 
Bingley, Edward . . . January 1770 

Butler, John January 1770 

Bodkin, Nicholas . . .January 1771 

Barber, William April 1771 

Brown, William April 1771 

Bethel, Robert January 1772 

Brewster, Peter .... October 1773 
Buckley, Richard . November 1773 

Barry, Patrick April 1774 

Bunner George April 1774 

Budden, Richard July 1776 

Bell, Thomas October 1776 

Brewster, William April 1781 

Burrows, John, Jr April 1782 

Barney, Joshua October 1782 

Burrows, Edward April 1786 

Brice, John July 1786 

Bell, William October 1786 

Baker, Thomas October 1786 

Blair, William January 1790 

Belcher, William April 1793 

Boys, Elias July 1793 

Burke, Michael July 1794 

Beaks, Joseph April 1794 

Brewton, Daniel October 1794 

Byrne, Gerald July 1795 

Baird, William July 1795 

Baile, Robert July 1796 

Bainbridge, Wm October 1796 



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Names Time of Entht 

Bell, William January 1797 

BowEN, Ezra October 1797 

Benners, Jacob January 1799 

Boyd, John January 1800 

Burke, James January 1801 

BioREN, Benjamin April 1801 

Barry, John, Jr April 1801 

Brown, David July 1801 

Brevoor, John C July 1802 

Barry, Edward January 1803 

Blackiston, John . . .January 1803 

Brown, Hans July 1803 

Brown, Thomas October 1803 

Brown, Michael October 1804 

Barden, Levi January 1807 

Burrows, Thomas April 1809 

BuNCE, William July 1810 

Bingham, Peter April 1812 

Bell, Peter April 1812 

Crathorne, Jonathan. . .July 1765 

Calender, Thomas July 1765 

James Craig July 1765 

Cooper, Nathaniel July 1765 

Courser, John July 1765 

Caton, James April 1766 

Campbell, John April 1766 

Caldwell, Andrew April 1766 

CoxE, John, Sr April 1766 

Caton, Is.^ac April 1766 

CoBOURN, James April 1766 

Carlisle, William April 1766 

Carman, Benjamin. . .October 1767 

Cook, James October 1768 

Cunningham, Gustavus .July 1769 

CoRREY, Samuel October 1769 

Chevers, Willlvm . . . January 1770 

CovELL, Samuel January 1770 

Conner, Terrence. . .October 1770 



Names Time of Entey 

Carson, Robert April 1771 

Crawford, Samuel April 1771 

Cooper, James April 1771 

Cochran, James October 1771 

Caton, George May 1772 

Castle, Joy January 1773 

Cox, John, Jr January 1773 

Cox, Paul July 1773 

Craig, John October 1774 

Clifton, James April 1775 

Copper, Norris October 1776 

Collins, Robert January 1777 

Cassan, Samuel April 1782 

Cristey, John July 1782 

Cain, Alexander July 1782 

Cox, John July 1782 

CuRWEN, George . . . .October 1782 

Collins, Mark October 1782 

Clarkson, Matt, Jr April 1786 

Cochran, John January 1788 

Cassin, John July 1791 

Clouser, Christopher. .April 1792 
Carhart, William. . .January 1793 

Clark, William January 1794 

CoNNEL, George April 1794 

Campbell, John July 1794 

Cannon, John January 1795 

CowPERTHWAiTE, Hewl .April 1795 

Culver, William April 1795 

Cox, John January 1796 

Gushing, Caleb July 1796 

Charnock, John July 1796 

CoRRiN, John October 1796 

Charlton, Robert . .January 1797 

Church, Silvanus July 1797 

Callender, R. Jas July 1797 

Cathcart, James L.. .October 1797 
Cox, William January 1798 



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Kames Time of Entry 

Clark, Robert April 1798 

Clark, John April 1798 

Crane, Roger October 1800 

Calvert, Nathaniel. January 1801 

Cassin, Willlim January 1801 

Cresswell, Samuel July 1802 

Cooper, James July 1802 

Carson, John January 1803 

Cullen, Thomas January 1807 

Course, Matthlas. . . .October 1811 

Cassan, Samuel October 1812 

Dady, Patrick July 1765 

DowELL, William July 1765 

DuPLESSE, John July 1765 

Donald, Nathaniel July 1765 

Davidson, Mungo July 1765 

Davidson, John April 1766 

Dougherty, Henry April 1866 

Dennis, Patrick April 1766 

Dunn, Henry January 1767 

Davis, Willlvm January 1768 

Devonshire, Samuel . . .April 1768 

Davidson, Samuel April 1768 

Duncan, James July 1768 

Davis, Ephraim October 1773 

DoWMAN, Thoil\s April 1775 

DoAN, Ephraim July 1780 

Decatur, Stephen July 1782 

Dale, Richard July 1784 

Davis, William July 1788 

Davidson, William. .January 1791 

Dryburg, James January 1793 

Davidson, Charles .. January 1795 

DuER, William July 1795 

Dawkins, John October 1795 

Davidson, Alexander October 1795 

Dumphy, James January 1797 

Dawson, John April 1797 



Names Time of Entet 

Dill, Joseph H April 1793 

Donohue, Thomas July 1799 

Devereau, John July 1800 

Dove, John October 1800 

Davis, George April 1801 

Daly, John October 1801 

Davis, Joseph July 1802 

Dixon, George July 1802 

Delaveau, William July 1802 

Dougherty, Martin D. . .July 1804 
Dandelot, Henry. . . .October 1804 

Donnaldson, And July 1805 

Donnaldson, Ed. M. .October 1806 

DoNAVAN, John July 1808 

Ervin, James July 1765 

Eastwick, Thomas July 1765 

Eve, Oswald January 1766 

Eyres, Richard January 1768 

Emlen, Caleb October 1770 

Earle, John August 1778 

Ervin, George January 1790 

Earl, Caleb April 1792 

Edgar, William January 1793 

Eld ridge, Phineas July 1794 

Ewing, James July 1795 

Elliot, Francis July 1796 

Edwards, James July 1796 

Ethrenstrom, a. F. .January 1797 

Edwards, John January 1799 

Errickson, Chris 'n July 1802 

Evans, David October 1804 

Elliot, John October 1811 

Falconer,Nathaniel October 1765 

Faris, Francis October 1765 

Falkner, Lester October 1765 

Ford, John October 1765 

Forten, George April 1766 

Flint, Thomas April 1766 

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Kames Time of 

Ferguson, Robert. . .October 

Ferguson, Charles April 

Flinn, Patrick July 

Forester, Gerald . . December 

Fleming, John July 

FouLK, Casper January 

Fenour, George July 

Foster, Silas January 

Frankford, John. . . .January 

Fowler, Nathaniel July 

Farrady, John October 

Fletcher, John October 

Fullerton, William. October 
Fisher, Hans, Hanson. . .Oct. 

Ferguson, John L April 

Fleming, William. . . .October 
Goodman, Walter. . .October 

Greenway, William Oct. 

Green, John October 

Gregory, David July 

Gibbens, James July 

Gilbert, George July 

GooLEY, Athony July 

Gamble, William April 

Gill, Robert Oct. 

Galt, Nathaniel July 

Garrigues, James July 

Gensell, John November 

Geddes, George July 

Griffin, Moses April 

Girard, Stephen October 

Gardner, Nathaniel. . . .July 

Gamble, James April 

Green, Rufus April 

Green, Rufus April 

Grice, Fr.'Vncis July 

Gardner, John October 

Green, John, Jr July 



Entry Names Time of Entry 

1767 Green, Henry July 1799 

1768 Griffis, John July 1799 

1774 Grafton, Woodbridge. . .Jan. 1800 

1780 Gould, John April 1800 

1789 GuTTERsoN, John July 1800 

1791 Grebben, Patrick July 1800 

1791 Galloway, Joseph. . .October 1800 

1792 Gibson, William October 1801 

1792 Griffin, Moses July 1803 

1793 Gardner, Robert C July 1803 

1796 Gardner, Edward C.January 1804 

1800 Gamble, Joseph January 1807 

1800 Gird en, James January 1807 

1807 Gowing, John October 1807 

1810 Graves, John October 1807 

1812 Garwood, Richard ... October 1807 

1765 Green, James April 1808 

1765 Grant, Joseph July 1810 

1765 Harrison, Henry July 1765 

1766 Heysham, William July 1765 

1766 HuTCHiNS, Zachar'h . . October 1765 

1766 Hobert, Enoch October 1765 

1766 Harper, John October 1765 

1768 Henderson, Robert. October 1765 

1768 Hardcastle, Wm October 1765 

1769 Hardy, Robert October 1765 

1770 Harvey, Simpson October 1765 

1773 Hazlewood, John January 1766 

1775 Hatton, Thomas January 1766 

1783 Henderson, Alex April 1766 

1788 Harkins, Jeremiah July 1766 

1789 Hood, Seymour January 1767 

1792 Hawk, Samuel January 1767 

1792 Houston, George. . . .January 1767 

1792 Hamilton, Alex August 1769 

1794 Hance, Jacob October 1769 

1794 Hammet, Francis. . . .January 1770 

1796 Harr, John July 1772 

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Names Time of Entby 

Htman, Wm July 1773 

Houston, Thomas October 1773 

Hamilton, George. . .October 1773 

Hawkins, William Dec. 1773 

HuNN, John January 1774 

Harrow, David May 1774 

Hallock, William May 1774 

Howell, Samuel, Jr July 1780 

Harris, Robert October 1781 

Hawkins, Henrt April 1782 

Harding, David October 1791 

Hathaway, Caleb October 1791 

Hampton, William . .January 1793 

Horton, Thomas January 1794 

Hodge, James January 1794 

Hubble, Samuel July 1794 

Hess, William July 1794 

Hodge, John October 1794 

Holt, Samuel October 1794 

Howard, Azel July 1795 

Holland, John July 1795 

Houston, Benjamin. .January 1795 

HoARE, James April 1795 

Henry, Jacob April 1795 

Hardie David July 1795 

Henderson, Thomas July 1795 

Hylander, Jacob. . . .January 1797 

Hastie, George January 1797 

Hughes, James January 1797 

Hayes, Patrick April 1797 

Hodgson, John, B July 1797 

Henderson, Thomas Oct. 1797 

Hubber, Isaac January 1799 

Henderson, William July 1799 

Hunt, Edward January 1801 

Hewit, Thomas January 1802 

Hardie, Charles October 1802 

Hidelius, Andrew. . .January 1803 



Names Time of Entet 

Hughes, Humphry April 1803 

Hendy, William January 1806 

HoLBRooK, Benjamin Oct. 1809 

Hawks, William April 1812 

JosiAH, Emanuel October 1765 

Jackson, Thomas October 1765 

Jenkins, Charles. . . .October 1765 

Johnson, James July 1766 

Jones, Henry July 1766 

Joy, Daniel January 1767 

Jones, Blathwaite. .January 1767 
Jackson, Matthew . . January 1768 

Johnson, George January 1768 

Inkson, Richard October 1776 

Jackson, Richard. . . .October 1776 

Jones, Charles January 1780 

JosiAH, James July 1782 

Jones, William January 1788 

Jones, Herbert April 1794 

Jones, Lloyd October 1795 

Johnson, Joseph July 1796 

Justice, John July 1796 

Jones, Edward July 1798 

Jacob, James July 1800 

Johnson, Charles. . . .October 1800 

Jervis, Joseph J October 1812 

Kennedy, John October 1765 

Kerr, Walter October 1765 

Kid, William October 1765 

Knox, Robert October 1765 

Katter, Alexander. .October 1765 

Kerlin, William July 1766 

Keas, William January 1768 

Keith, William January 1773 

Knox, Francis July 1782 

Kealer, William October 1782 

Kelly, John October 1782 

(withdrawn) 



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LIST OF MEMBERS 



Names Time of Entry 

Keen, Roger October 1782 

Kerlin, John October 1782 

Kerby, Charles January 1788 

King, James October 1789 

KiTTS, John January 1790 

Kinnes, George January 1794 

Keen, Jonas Wm January 1795 

King, William July 1795 

King, Michael July 1795 

I^ox, Robert April 1797 

Kelly, Edward July 1799 

Kennedy, Henry H July 1800 

KiRKBRiDE, Richard July 1800 

KiLBY, TuRPiN January 1802 

Kenny, Daniel January 1803 

Kitchen, Robert January 1807 

Knowles, Wm. B October 1807 

Kenyon, Henry October 1809 

Lisle, Henry July 1765 

Lyon, Charles October 1765 

Long, Peter October 1765 

Lake, Thomas October 1765 

Lockton, John October 1767 

Levingstone, John . .October 1767 

Levine, John March 1798 

Leech, Thomas October 1769 

Lawrence, William April 1771 

Lake, James July 1771 

LoxLEY, Benjamin. . .October 1771 
LowANCE, John October 1772 

(withdrawn) 

Logan, David April 1776 

Lyon, Philip October 1781 

Lawyer, Matthew. . . .August 1782 

(withdrawn) 
Loughead, Robert. . .October 1784 

Lyle, William January 1786 

Latimer, John January 1794 



Names Time of Entrv 

Lake, William January 1795 

LouNDES, John January 1795 

Lewis, Samuel January 1796 

Lee Christopher July 1796 

Lyne, John January 1797 

Long, James January 1798 

Lillibridge, Thomas. October 1799 

Logan, John October 1799 

Lelar, Henry April 1800 

Lancaster, John . . . .January 1806 

LucET, Alexander April 1809 

Mifflin, Samuel July 1765 

Mease, John July 1765 

Morrison, George July 1765 

Morrell, William July 1765 

Miller, James October 1765 

Marshall, William. .October 1765 

Murray, John October 1765 

McClelland, John. . .October 1765 

Miller, Magnus October 1765 

McGee, Alexander. .October 1765 

Moore, Ralph January 1767 

Moore, Thomas January 1767 

Mullowny, John January 1767 

Montgomery, Jonathan Jan. 1767 

McCuLLOUGH, Wm April 1768 

Martin, Samuel January 1770 

May, Andrew January 1770 

MuRDOCK, Thomas January 1770 

McCullough, David. . . .April 1771 

Montgomery, James May 1771 

MuLLiT John May 1772 

McCullough, Wm June 1773 

Montgomery, Robert. . .July 1773 

Martin, James October 1773 

Moore, William . . . December 1773 
Miller, William. .September 1774 
Monro, Nathaniel May 1775 



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Names Time of 

McPherson, John January 

McNatchtane, John. . . .April 

McKeever, John October 

McCarty, John January 

Miles, James April 

Mason, Thomas January 

McPherson, Daniel July 

McCalmont, George. October 
MoRETON, George . . . January 
McAlester, Charles. January 

Morris, Elihue E April 

McCoRMicK, John January 

MoREY, Lewis April 

(withdrawn) 

McKeever, James April 

Mercer, Robert July 

MuNN, John July 

Meany, John October 

Miller, William, Jr. .January 
Mullowney, John. . .January 

McCollum, John January 

Midlen, Walter April 

Monteith, Benjamin July 

Mease, Robert July 

Morgan, Thomas July 

Marshall, John July 

Mariner, John October 

Maffett, James October 

Morse, George W... October 

MuDEY, Peter F July 

McCall, Robert January 

McLevin, Miles July 

McKutchen, Samuel . January 

Mead, Edward July 

McFarlan, John C. . .January 

Myers, John January 

McKibbin, William July 

McKeever, John, Jr. October 

7 



Entry Names Time of Entry 

1779 Nicholson, George. .October 1765 

1781 Nuttle, Samuel October 1767 

1781 Newton, Downham. .January 1770 

1784 Nelson, Thomas July 1771 

1791 NoRRis, Thomas January 1794 

1792 Noble, Stewart C April 1796 

1792 NoRRis, Howes January 1799 

1792 Nichols, Woodburn. January 1800 

1793 Nailer, Samuel July 1802 

1793 OsMAN, John January 1768 

1793 Ord, George July 1768 

1794 OsBOURNE, Peter October 1769 

1794 Ogilvie, Alexander . October 1791 

Oswald, Andrew April 1798 

1794 O'CoNNER, Christopher .Jan. 1798 

1794 Oakford, Aaron April 1802 

1794 Otto, Daniel B October 1807 

1794 Ogle, Willl^-m October 1807 

1795 Oellers, James P July 1808 

1795 Peel, Benjamin January 1766 

1795 Patterson, Robert July 1766 

1795 Potts, Joseph July 1766 

1795 Powell, Thomas October 1767 

1795 Peter, James January 1700 

1795 Parker, Peter October 1776 

1795 Palmer, Thomas April 1782 

1795 Potts, Charles January 1794 

1796 Perry, Willluvi April 1794 

1796 Peden, John October 1794 

1799 Peterson, Jacob October 1794 

1800 Price, George October 1796 

1801 Peirce, Samuel January 1797 

1803 Penniston, Richard. January 1799 

1803 Pile, Samuel July 1800 

1806 Parson, Stephen July 1800 

1806 Porter, Jehu July 1802 

1809 Patterson, John A July 1806 

1809 Phillips, William . . .October 1806 

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LIST OF MEMBERS 



Names Time of Entry 

Reeve, Peter July 1765 

Richardson, Joseph. .October 1765 

Rankin, George October 1765 

Ross, John October 1765 

Rawles, Benjamin. . .October 1765 
Richards, Burnett. .October 1765 
Richards, William . . January 1766 

Rodgers, Thomas April 1766 

Reece, Daniel July 1766 

Riche, Thomas January 1767 

Robinson, James . . . .January 1767 

Robinson, John January 1767 

Russel, James January 1767 

Reed, Thomas April 1768 

Robinson, James October 1769 

Robinson, James April 1771 

Robinson, Isalah October 1776 

Roach, Isaac April 1782 

Robinson, John Jr. . .October 1784 

Reside, Robert January 1790 

Raser, Bernard April 1791 

Row, Edward April 1793 

Rice, Edward April 1793 

Rodgers, John April 1793 

Robertson, Robert July 1794 

RosiTER, John July 1794 

Russel, Timothy October 1794 

Ross, David January 1795 

Robertson, John July 1796 

Richards, William April 1799 

Remington, John P July 1799 

RiCARD, John April 1800 

Reily, John October 1800 

Reynolds, Joseph October 1801 

Remmington, I January 1802 

Ramsdale, Charles July 1804 

Russel, Stephen October 1804 

Ray, Nathaniel July 1805 



Names Time of Entey 

Reynegan, F. W. V April 1806 

Risbrough, John April 1806 

Robinson, Joseph April 1806 

Robinson, George July 1810 

Ray, Thomas October 1811 

Stedman, Charles July 1765 

SiBBALD, John October 1765 

Stiles, Joseph October 1765 

Sutton, Wolman October 1765 

Sage, Alexander. . . .October 1765 

Sparks, J October 1765 

(withdrawn) 

Stout, Joseph January 1766 

Steel, James January 1766 

Spain, Edward April 1766 

Spence, Peter July 1766 

Stephenson, George. . . .July 1766 

Simmons, Leeson January 1767 

Stiles, Henry January 1767 

Simpson, William April 1767 

Shaw, Joshua October 1767 

Stone, William October 1767 

Shrowdy, William July 1768 

Smith, Samuel July 1768 

Smith, Charles January 1770 

Stewart, James January 1770 

Scott, John July 1770 

Shields, John October 1770 

SowDER, John May 1771 

Shewell, Robert. . . .January 1773 

Stuart, Charles July 1773 

Sutton, James October 1773 

Stevens, William. . . .October 1775 

Simmons, Jerem'h July 1781 

Strong, Matthew. . . .October 1781 

Stephens, Walter July 1782 

Steel, Thomas October 1782 

Slover, James July 1784 



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LIST OF MEMBERS 



Names Time of Entry 

Stites, Richard July 1784 

Steward, Aaron April 1790 

Stobo, Jacob January 1791 

Stockley, Ayers July 1792 

Stephens, Henry April 1794 

Smith, Robert July 1794 

Sullivan, John October 1794 

Shallcross, William. . . .July 1795 

Smith, George F July 1795 

Smale, William January 1796 

Snell, James January 1796 

SuTOR, John January 1796 

Skelly, Thomas April 1796 

Smith, John April 1797 

Shearer, John July 1798 

Stokes, William April 1799 

Senky, Anthony July 1800 

Spence, James S January 1802 

SuTER, Peter April 1803 

Selby, James July 1805 

Singleton, Jos. Y January 1806 

SiLLiMAN, Isaac October 1806 

Savin, Samuel July 1807 

Singleton, Samuel.. .October 1807 

Serrill, James January 1808 

Spofford, Jacob October 1811 

Snell, Benjamin January 1812 

Speer, John April 1812 

Tree, Lambert October 1765 

Taylor, Richard October 1765 

Tucker, Cornelius. . .October 1765 

Thomson, George October 1765 

Turbot, Benjamin. . .October 1765 

Taylor, James January 1766 

Taylor, John October 1767 

Timmons, Wilkins. . .January 1767 
Thompson, George. . .October 1770 
Taylor, John April 1774 



Names Time of Entry 

Tanner, William April 1782 

Tingey, Thomas October 1786 

Tatem, Jeremiah July 1791 

Thomas, Hugh April 1792 

Thompson, John July 1793 

Terris, John July 1793 

Tillinghast, Dan'l. .January 1794 

Thorton, John S January 1796 

Thompson, John, Jr July 1796 

Tremils, John July 1796 

Thomas, Alexander. October 1800 

Tate, Robert April 1801 

Toby, Simeon October 1801 

Thackara, Samuel. . .October 1802 

Thompson, Robert July 1804 

Taylor, Bankson October 1805 

Taylor, James July 1806 

Turner, John, Jr July 1807 

Thompson, Robt. Jr April 1808 

Taylor, George January 1810 

TuTTLE, Andrew July 1811 

Thomas, Joseph July 1811 

Taggart, Thomas July 1811 

VoLANS, Joseph January 1763 

Vallance, Nicholas July 1772 

VicARY, John November 1775 

Vansice, Joseph January 1783 

Veneman, John, Sr Oct. 1790 

Veneman, John, Jr Oct. 1796 

ViCARY, William October 1797 

VoLANS, Samuel October 1799 

Veacock Samuel S. . .October 1801 

Wilson, James October 1765 

West, Charles October 1765 

Wasdell, William. . .January 1766 

Wall, Gurney January 1766 

White, Robert July 1767 

Wood, Samuel July 1767 



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LIST OF MEMBERS 



Names Time of Entry 

Woods, John July 1767 

Whitelock, Thos. . . .January 1768 

Wilson, John October 1768 

Wade, Andrew January 1769 

Williams, Samuel. . .January 1769 

Weeks, Lambert July 1770 

Welch, John October 1770 

White, Townsend, Jr. October 1770 

Wilson, Robert January 1772 

Wallace, Thos. E. . .October 1772 

Wilson, Samuel April 1774 

Warden, James April 1775 

Warner, Elisha October 1785 

White, Henry April 1786 

Walsh, John April 1786 

Wharton, James July 1791 

Williams, Harding April 1792 

Webb, Thomas April 1792 

Wharton, Lloyd .... January 1793 

Watts, George April 1793 

Weeks, Benjamin January 1794 

Wills, Thomas January 1794 

Wilson, Robert M. . . January 1794 

Wilson, Robert July 1796 

West, William July 1796 



Names Time op Entey 

Williamson, James . .January 1794 

Williamson, David July 1795 

Wood, Richard October 1795 

WiLLLiMS, Wm. D October 1796 

Whelan, John April 1798 

Ware, David April 1799 

WiLKEY, Thomas January 1800 

Whitehead, Wm January 1801 

Williamson, Robert January 1802 
Wallington, Edward . . . July 1803 

WiNSLow, Elijah W July 1803 

Whildin, Daniel July 1804 

Williams, John July 1806 

Watkins, Sam'l p. . . .October 1806 
Wilson, Philip, Jr. . .January 1807 

Wing, Jacob July 1808 

Wade, John T April 1810 

Warnack, Jacob A April 1812 

Young, James October 1765 

Yorke, Edward October 1765 

Young, Samuel October 1766 

Young, Peter October 1768 

Yard, Edward July 1795 

Yorke, Peter April 1797 

Yorke, Samuel April 1810 



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INDEX 



INDEX 



THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 



Bailey, Jane, 18 
Band, Eleanor, 12 
Barnaby, John, 19 
Beckington, Thomas de, 6 
Biggs, John, 32 
Blunt, Robert, 29 
Bourne, Catharine, 11 
Bradshaw, James, 19 
Broadrib, Susanna, 11 
Brooks, Jolm, 24 

Carter, Joseph, 32 
WiUiara, 32 

Chislett, Ann Tree, 13 
Charles, 8, 13, 14, 15 
Jane Tree, 13, 15 
Lambert Tree, 13, 14 
Maria Tree, 13, 14 
Susan Tree, 13, 14 

Collins, Anne, 12, 13, 25 
James, 12, 25, 28 

Compton, John, 5 

Cradock, Thomas, 26 

Danyell, Samuel, 5 
Darrell, Elizabeth, 5 
Davis, John, 7, 8 
Donaldson, Margaret, 21 
Dyer, Ann, 32 

Emmery, Susanna, 19 
Eyter, Edward, 32 

Farwell, Jolm, 8 

Godfrey, William, 25 

Hacketts, John, 18 
HaUiday, John, 28 



Heard, John, 24 

J. HoweU, 24 
Hilman, Alexander, 31 
Hippen, Elizabeth, 12, 15 
Humphries, James, 32 

Susanna, 32 

Susanna (Mrs.), 32 

William, 32 
Humphreys, James, 8 

Jeffs, John, 23 
Jordan, Alexander, 8 

Karn, Rebecca, 21 
Kean, Charles, 19 
Knight, Thomas, 8 

Locker, Mariam, 18 

Maur, John, 5 

Methuen, John (Lord Chancellor), 

22, 23 
Mortymer, James, 17 

Nash, Frances, 18 

Olive, M. A. (Mrs.), 12, 15 

Parsons, John, 8 
Payton, James, 32 

Robert, 8 
Pearce, John, 13, 14 

Maria Tree, 14 

Isaac Goodwin, 14 

Susanna Tree, 14 
PhilHps, WiUiam, 22, 26 
Powell, John, 22 
Prior, Mary, 18 



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THE TREE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 



Raymond, George, 20 
Rawlings, Mary, 19, 20 
Read, James, 8, 33 
Russell, Alice, 8 

Salter, Thomas, 24 
Seymour, Thomas (Sir), 6 
Skurray, Stephen, 29 
Singer, Samuel, 27 
Sloper, James, 8 
Solwood, Richard, 24 
Stafford, James, 32 

John, 32 

Samuel, 8, 31, 32 

Samuel, Jr., 32 

Susanna, 32 
Sturgis, John, 13, 15 

Thomas, 14 
Taylor, Robert, 14 
Throsher, WiUiam W., 27 
Tomhn, Mary (Mrs.), 33 

James, 33 

Richard, 33 
Trapstott, Samuel, 28, 29 
Tree, Alice, 9, 10 

Alisia, 8 

Ann, 8, 10, 12, 19, 32 

Ann, (Mrs.), 9, 10, 11, 31 

Anna Maria, 19 

Anne, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 32 

Anne, (Mrs.), 31 

Augustus, 8 

Barbara (Mrs.), 11 

Betty, 9 

Boyce, 19 

Catharine, 19 

Edward, 18, 19 



Tree, Hannah, 11 

Hannah (Mrs.), 9 

Isaac, 19 

James, 9, 11, 15, 26, 30 

Jane, 21 

Joan, 30 

Joan (Mrs.), 11, 30 

Johanna, 8 

John, 7, 8, 9, 10,11,15,18,19, 

21, 22, 25, 26, 30, 32 
Lambert, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 

18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28 

29, 30, 31, 33 

Lambert (Capt.), 21 

Lambert (Hon.), 22 

Laurence, 18 

Margaret, 8, 10, 21 

Maria, 8 

Mary, 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, 21, 31, 33 

Mary (Mrs.), 9, 10, 31 

Nicholas, 15 

Rebecca, 19 

Richard, 8, 17, 34 

Robert, 19 

Robert (Rev.), 6, 7 

Roger, 18 

Ruth (Mrs.), 10 

Selina, 7, 8 

Simon, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 

18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 

30 31 33 
Susanna,' 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 30 
Thomas, 18 
William, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 

17, 18, 28, 29, 31 
Troke, James Coringe, 29 



Eleanor (Mrs.), 10, 28, 29, 31, Try, Johan, 10 

33 Trye, Ann (Mrs.), 10 

Eliza, 19 John, 10 

Elizabeth, 8, 9, 11, 12, 30, 31, 33 

Ehzabeth (Mrs.), 9, 11, 19, 23, Vanderstein, Peter, 19 
32 

Elizabeth Ballard, 10 Walker, Elizabeth, 19 

Ellen, 19 Westcott, Robert, 21 



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INDEX 



THE TREE FAMILY IN AMERICA 



Alexander. Charles, 47 
Allen, William (Capt.), 41 
Anderson, Thomas (Capt.), 42 
Ashmead, John (Capt.), 47, 48 
Atlee, Samuel John, 59, 60 
Axon, William (Capt.), 43 

Bainbridge, William (Capt.), 42 
Balliott, Stephen (Capt.), 59, 60, 61 
Barnes, William (Capt.), 42 
Barry, John (Capt.), 40, 41 
BiddJe, Charles (Capt.), 47, 48, 49 

James (Capt.), 54, 55, 56, 57 

Nicholas (Capt.), 49, 72 

Owen, 54, 55, 56 
Blair, Francis P. (Gen.), 82 

Francis P. (Hon.), 82 

Montgomery (Hon.), 82 
Blewer, Joseph (Capt.), 47, 48, 57 
Boggs, Joseph, 63 
Boyd, John, 60, 61 
Breeze, James L., 67, 68 
Breintnall, David, 66 
Breintnall, Joseph, 66 
Brown, James, 64 
Brown, William (Capt.), 57, 59 
Budden, William (Gapt.), 47, 48 
Bull, John (Col.), 57 
Bullock, Joseph, 61 
Burrows, Catharine, 80 

Charles, 79 

John, Sr., 71 

John, Jr., 71, 79 

John (Gen.), 72 to 79 

Joseph, 71, 72, 81 

Joseph (Dr.), 80, 81 

Laura Matilda, 67, 71, 79, 80, 
81, 84 

Nathaniel, 72 



Burrows, Mary Ann, 80 

Samuel, 79 

Sarah, 80 

Susan, 80 

Thomas (Capt.), 42 
Byrne, Gerard (Capt.), 42 

Cadwalader, John (Gen.), 55, 74 

Caldwell, Andrew (Com.), 45, 46, 47 

Caldwell, Samuel, 61 

Cannon, James, 57 

Carson, John (Capt.), 42 

Chew, John, 37 

Clark, James, 63 

Weston, 63 
Cleveland, Grover (Pres.), 
Clymer, George (Hon.), 54, 55, 56 
Cochran, John (Capt.), 42 
Cooper, James (Capt.), 42 
Cox, John (Capt.), 41 

Paul (Capt.), 47, 49 
Croes, John (Rev.), 64, 65 

Dale, Richard (Capt.), 41, 42 
Davidson, Samuel (Com.) , 45, 46 
Davis, Wilham (Capt.), 42 
Decatiir, Stephen (Capt.), 42 
Dickinson, John (Hon.), 59, 60, 62 
Dill, Joseph H., 42 
Donaldson, Ann, 63 

Andrew, 63 

Arthur, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 
62, 63 

Eleanor, 63 

Margaret (Mrs.), 53, 63 

Margaret, 53, 64, 65 

Mary, 64 

WiUiam, 53, 63 
Dougherty, Henry (Capt.), 47, 49 



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Evans, Benjamin, 81 

Elizabeth, 68 

Frances, 81 
Ewing, James (Hon.), 60 
Eyre, Richard (Capt.), 47, 50 

Falconer, Nathaniel (Capt.), 61 
Field, MarshaU, 87 

Ethel, 87 
Fleming, WiUiam (Capt.), 42 
Franklin, Benjamin, 41, 66 
Fullerton, William, 63 
Fulton, Robert, 54 

Gai, Peter France, 67 

Gait, Nathaniel (Capt.), 47, 50 

Geddes, George (Capt.), 47, 50 

Girard, Stephen, 43 

Grant, George, 69 

Gray, George, 57 

Greenway, William (Capt.), 47, 50 

Grey, Adam, 82 

Griscomb, Samuel, 63 

Sarah, 63 
Gurney, Francis (Capt.), 57, 61 

Hallock, William (Capt.), 41 
Hamilton, Gustavus, 53, 64 
Hardie, Robert (Capt.), 47, 50 
Harrison, Benjamin (Pres.), 86 
Hazlewood, John (Com.), 45, 47, 61 
Hendee, Charles Jefferson, 68 

George (Admiral), 68 

Mary, 68 
Henderson, Alexander (Capt.), 47, 

51 
Harney (General), 
HoUingsworth, Levi, 59, 60, 61, 62 
Houston, Thomas (Capt.), 47, 51 
Howell, Samuel, 55, 56 
HubbeU, Lois, 71, 79 

Nathaniel (Rev.), 71 
Hubley, John, 57 

Ironside, Katharine Z., 81 
Irvine, James (Gen.), 59, 60 



Jones, Blathwait (Capt.), 47, 51 
John Paul (Capt.), 42 

Kaighn, Elizabeth, 62 
Kalb, Baron de, 72 
Karn, Adam, 66 

Rebecca, 66 
Kendall, Amos (Hon.), 68 

John Blake, 68 

John Edward, 68 
Kirkbride, Joseph (Col.), 77 
Keppele, Henry, Jr., 57 
Ker (Capt.), 84 
Knox, Henry (Gen.), 58 

Robert (Capt.), 47, 51 
Kuhl, Frederick, 57 

Lamb, John (Col.), 58 
Leech, Thomas (Hon.), 45 

Thomas (Capt.), 43, 44, 45 
Levan, Sebastian, 59 
Lincoln, Abraham (Pres.), 82 
Logan, John A. (Gen.), 82 
Long, Peter (Capt.), 47, 51 
Love, John, 38 
Loxley, Benjamin (Capt.), 47, 51 

McCalister, Richard, 61 
McDowell, John, 59, 60 
McGhee, Mrs. Ehzabeth, 79 
Magie, Anna Josephine, 86 

David (Rev.), 86 

Haines H., 86 

William H. (Hon.), 86 
Matlack, Timothy (Col.), 57 
Mease, James, 56, 57 
Mercer, Hugh (Gen.), 74 
Mifflin, Samuel (Capt.), 43, 44 

Thomas (Gen.), 74 
Montgomery, James (Capt.), 47, 51 
Morris, Robert (Hon.), 56 

Samuel, 56, 57 
Monstressor, James (Col.), 58 

John (Capt.), 58 
Moore, Thomas (Capt.), 47,52 
Morgan, (Mrs.) Sarah, 79 



Jeffers, Sarah, 71, 79 



Neville, John, 61 



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INDEX 



Newman, Elizabeth, 79 

John, 79 
Nicholson, George (Capt.), 41 
Nixon, John (Col.), 54, 55 

Ord, George, 61 
Osborne, Augustus H., 67 

Patton, William (Gen.), 67 
Pearsall, Edward D., 68 
Penrose, Thomas, 57 
Polk, James K. (Pres.), 83 
Potter, Clarkson, 67 

Henry C. (Bishop), 67 

Robert B., 67 

Read, George (Hon.), 45 

Thomas (Capt.), 45 
Richards, WiUiam (Capt.), 47, 52 
Rives, Franklin, 82 

John C, 82 
Roach, Isaac (Capt.), 47, 52 
Roberdeau, Daniel, 55 
Roberts, Sarah (Mrs.), 79 
Robinson, Isaiah (Capt.), 41, 50 

James (Capt.), 41 
Roche, Thomas, 77 
Rogers, Joanna, 38 

John, 42 
Ross "Betsy," 63 
Rouse, James, 53 
Ruff (Captain), 83 
Russell, Hiliard, 82 

Scott, Winfield (Gen.), 83 
Sibbald, John (Capt.), 43, 44, 45 
Simmons, Jeremiah (Capt.), 47, 52 
Smith, (Lieutenant), 84 
Sterling (General), 75 
Stiles, Joseph (Capt.), 47, 52 
Sumner, Edwin V. (Gen.), 83 

Taylor, Zachary (Pres.), 83 
Thomas, (Mrs.) Elizabeth Grant, 69 
Tileston, Arthur (Major), 68 

Frances, 67 

Meta, 68 

Thomas, 67 



Thomas (Capt.), 68 
WiUiam M., 67 
Tree, Ann Jane Breintnall, 67 

Arthur Donaldson (Lieut.), 68, 

82, 83, 84 
Arthur Magie, 87 
Arthur Ronald Lambert Field, 

87 
Charles Morgan (Dr.), 82 
Eleanor, 82 
EUen, 68, 69 
Ellen Fullerton, 82 
EUzabeth, 69 
Francis, 38 
Gladys, 87 

James Mandeville Carlisle, 87 
Jennie, 82 

John (of Virginia), 37 
John (of Mass.), 38 
John (of Maryland), 38 
John (Capt.), 64, 65, 66, 69 
John (s. Capt. John), 66 
Joseph, 
Joseph B., 81 
Lambert (Capt.), 38, 39, 40, 41, 

43, 47, 52, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69 
Lambert (s. Capt. Lambert), 

64, 68 
Lambert (s. Capt. John), 67, 69, 

71, 79, 81 
Lambert (s. Joseph B.), 82 
Lambert (Hon.), 82, 84, 85, 86, 

87 
Lambert, (s. Arthur Magie), 87 
Lavinia, 38 

Margaret (Mrs.), 63, 64 
Margaret, 67 
Mary, 67, 81 
Philip, 38 

Richard (of Virginia), 37 
Richard (of Mass.), 38 
Richard (of R. I.), 38 
Susanna, 38 
Thomas (of Mass.), 38 
Thomas (of Maryland) 38 
Thomas (of Mass.), 38 



Ustick, Thomas (Rev.), 66 



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Van Buren, Martin (Pres.), 68 Weitzell, John, 57 

Van Wickle, Jacob J., 64, 65 Wharton, Thomas, Jr. (Hon.). 55, 

Nicholas, 64 56 

Whyte, Robert, 54 

Wall, George, Jr., 59 Wilcocks, Alexander, 55, 56, 57 

Walker (Lieutenant), 84 Williams, C. A. (Lieut.), 83, 84 

Walters, Plummer, 80 Wood, Jabeth, 79 

Warner, Elisha (Capt.), 41 Josiah, 79 

Washington, George (Gen.), 73, 75 Sarah, 79 
Wayne, Anthony (Gen.), 75 

Wickes, Lambert (Capt.), 41 Young, James (Capt.), 41 



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